Jeremiah 25:5
in Jeremiah 25The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
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ASV
saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore;
KJV
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
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This verse in Jeremiah 25
Commentary
10 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Turn . . . dwell--In Hebrew there is expressed by sameness of sounds the correspondence between their turning to God and God's turning to them to permit them to dwell in their land: Shubu . . . shebu, "Return" . . . so shall ye "remain." every one from . . . evil--Each must separately repent and turn from his own sin.
This site's exposition
And the LORD has sent all
on Jeremiah 25:4-7
The LORD sent “all His servants the prophets to you again and again,” the phrase verse 3 uses of Jeremiah's own preaching. Verse 7 puts the refusal in the people's own loss, “to your own harm, you have not listened to Me.”
This site's exposition
Turn now, each of you
The call to turn comes with a promise to dwell in the land the LORD gave their fathers. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown hear a play on sound in the Hebrew, shubu for turn and shebu for dwell. Each person must turn from his own evil ways.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
(Verse 4, 5.) You did not incline your ears to listen when I said (Vulgate: said): Return to me, each one of you, from your evil ways and from your wicked thoughts. And you will dwell in the land that the Lord gave to you and your fathers from eternity to eternity. The hardness of the people was so great that they would not even assume the habit of listening and incline their ear, particularly when the Lord was warning them to turn each one from their evil ways and from their wicked thoughts.
He mentions the great number of years in order to emphasize God's long-suffering in putting up with unbelievers for so long. I sent my servants the prophets to you, he says. I urged you to abandon the road to ruin and travel by the other …
A commentator
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus LactantiusDIVINE INSTITUTES 4:11 · Written before 325.
proposed
When the Jews often resisted wholesome precepts and departed from the divine law, going astray to the impious worship of false gods, then God filled just and chosen men with the Holy Spirit, appointing them as prophets in the midst of the people, by whom he might rebuke with threatening words the sins of the ungrateful people and nevertheless exhort them to repent of their wickedness. Unless they did this and, laying aside their vanities, returned to their God, it would come to pass that he would change his covenant, that is, bestow the inheritance of eternal life on foreign nations and collect to himself a more faithful people out of those who were aliens by birth. But they, when rebuked by the prophets, not only rejected their words but, being offended because they were scolded for their sins, killed the prophets with calculated tortures. All these things are sealed up and preserved in the sacred writings. For the prophet Jeremiah says, "I have sent to you my servants, the prophets. I sent them before light, and you hearkened not to me nor inclined your ears to hear when I said to you, 'Return, you, every one from this evil way and from your wicked devices, and you shall dwell in that land that I have given to you and to your ancestors forever and ever. Do not go after strange gods to serve them, and do not provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands for afflicting you.' "
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
A very express threatening of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem, by the king of Babylon, for their contempt of God, and their continuance in sin (
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2 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
They all reproved them particularly for their idolatry, as a sin that was in a special manner provoking to God, their going after other gods, to serve them and to worship them, gods that were the work of their own hands. They all called on them to repent of their sins and to reform their lives. This was the burden of every song, Turn you now every one from his evil way.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Turn ye - i. e., Repent ye; the great summons of God to mankind at all times (Luk 24:47; Act 2:38; compare Mat 3:2).
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שֽׁוּבוּ־ | shuvu- | turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| נָ֞א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | everyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מִדַּרְכּ֤וֹ | midarko | from way his | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הָֽרָעָה֙ | haraah | <the> evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| וּמֵרֹ֣עַ | umeroa' | and from [the] wickedness of | H7455 → | 19 times |
| מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם | maaleikhem | deeds your | H4611 → | 41 times |
| וּשְׁבוּ֙ | ushevu | and dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה | haadamah | the land | H127 → | 225 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֧ן | natan | he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | to you | ||
| וְלַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | velaavoteikhem | and to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לְמִן־ | lemin- | <to> from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| עוֹלָ֖ם | olam | antiquity | H5769 → | 438 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עוֹלָֽם׃ | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
שֽׁוּבוּ־turn back
shuvu-H7725 →1056 times
נָ֞אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
אִ֣ישׁeveryone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
מִדַּרְכּ֤וֹfrom way his
midarkoH1870 →707 times
הָֽרָעָה֙<the> evil
haraahH7451 →662 times
וּמֵרֹ֣עַand from [the] wickedness of
umeroa'H7455 →19 times
מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔םdeeds your
maaleikhemH4611 →41 times
וּשְׁבוּ֙and dwell
ushevuH3427 →1079 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הthe land
haadamahH127 →225 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתַ֧ןhe gave
natanH5414 →2011 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לָכֶ֖םto you
lakhem
וְלַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םand to ancestors your
velaavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
לְמִן־<to> from
lemin-H4480 →1188 times
עוֹלָ֖םantiquity
olamH5769 →438 times
וְעַד־and until
vead-H5704 →1261 times
עוֹלָֽם׃perpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
- Psalms 105:11
“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
- Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Exodus 6:7
I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of…
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Leviticus 26:12
Through
Jeremiah 18:11Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 17:13
Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your…
- Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- 2 Kings 17:13
Through
Jeremiah 7:7then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:40
Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your…
- Deuteronomy 4:40
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius, DIVINE INSTITUTES 4:11; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 6:25.3-7.