Jeremiah 25 · Verse 1

Jeremiah 25:1

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
Jeremiah 25:1, King James Version

Jeremiah 25:1 in other translations

BSBThis is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
WEBThe word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (this was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),
ASVThe word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),
YLTThe word that hath been unto Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, --it is the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, --
DARBYThe word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah (that is, the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),
BBEThe word which came to Jeremiah about all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah; this was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.
WebsterThe word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

What does Jeremiah 25:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jr 25:1-38. Prophecy of the Seventy Years' Captivity; and after That the Destruction of Babylon, and of All the Nations That Oppressed the Jews.

1. fourth year of Jehoiakim--called the third year in Da 1:1. But probably Jehoiakim was set on the throne by Pharaoh-necho on his return from Carchemish about July, whereas Nebuchadnezzar mounted the throne January 21, 604 B.C.; so that Nebuchadnezzar's first year was partly the third, partly the fourth, of Jehoiakim's. Here first Jeremiah gives specific dates. Nebuchadnezzar had previously entered Judea in the reign of his father Nabopolassar.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

This chapter contains a summary of the judgments denounced by Jeremiah against Judah, Babylon, and many other nations. It begins with reproving the Jews for disobeying the calls of God to repentance, Jer 25:1-7; on which account their captivity, with that of her neighboring nations, during seventy years, is foretold, Jer 25:8-11. At the expiration of that period, (computing from the invasion of Nebuchadnezzar in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, to the famous edict of the first year of Cyrus), an end was to be put to the Babylonian empire, Jer 25:12-14. All this is again declared by the emblem of that cup of wrath which the prophet, as it should seem in a vision, tendered to all the nations which he enumerates, Jer 25:15-29. And for farther confirmation, it is a third time repeated in a very beautiful and elevated strain of poetry, Jer 25:30-38. The talent of diversifying the ideas, images, and language, even when the subject is the same, or nearly so, appears no where in such perfection as among the sacred poets. Verse 1 The word that came to Jeremiah - to the fourth year - This prophecy, we see, was delivered in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and the chapter that contains it is utterly out of its place. It should be between chapters 35 and 36. The defeat of the Egyptians by Nebuchadnezzar at Carchemish, and the subsequent taking of Jerusalem, occurred in this year, viz., the fourth year of Jehoiakim. The first year of Nebuchadrezzar - This king was associated with his father two years before the death of the latter. The Jews reckon his reign from this time, and this was the first of those two years; but the Chaldeans date the commencement of his reign two years later, viz., at the death of his father.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 25:1-7
The Jews rebuked for not obeying calls to repentance. (Jr 25:1-7) Their captivity during seventy years is expressly foretold. (Jr 25:8-14) Desolations upon the nations shown by the emblem of a cup of wrath. (Jr 25:15-29) The judgments again declared. (Jr 25:30-38) Verses 1-7 The call to turn from evil ways to the worship and service of God, and for sinners to trust in Christ, and partake of his salvation, concerns all men. God keeps an account how long we possess the means of grace; and the longer we have them, the heavier will our account be if we have not improved them. Rising early, points out the earnest desire that this people should turn and live. Personal and particular reformation must be insisted on as necessary to a national deliverance; and every one must turn from his own evil way. Yet all was to no purpose. They would not take the right and only method to turn away the wrath of God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 25:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַדָּבָ֞רha.da.Varthe wordH1697
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
הָיָ֤הha.Yahit cameH1961
עַֽל\־'al-toH5921
יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
עַל\־'al-onH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
עַ֣ם'am[the] people ofH5971
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
בַּשָּׁנָה֙ba.sha.Nahin the yearH8141
הָֽרְבִעִ֔יתha.re.vi.'It<the> fourthH7243
לִיהוֹיָקִ֥יםli.ho.ya.Kimof JehoiakimH3079
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּyo.shi.Ya.huJosiahH2977
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
הִ֗יאHi'itH1931
הַשָּׁנָה֙ha.sha.Nah[was] the yearH8141
הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יתha.Ri.sho.Nit<the> firstH7224
לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖רlin.vu.khad.re.Tzarof NebuchadnezzarH5019
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
בָּבֶֽל\׃ba.VelBabylonH894

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Cross references for Jeremiah 25:1

  • Jeremiah 36:1

    And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

  • 2 Kings 24:1-2

    In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

  • Jeremiah 46:2

    Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh–necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

  • Daniel 1:1

    In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets,
8 foretells the seventy years' captivity;
12 and after that, the destruction of Babylon.
15 Under the type of a cup of wine he foreshews the destruction of all nations.
34 The howling of the shepherds.

A.M. 3398. B.C. 606. in the.
36:1; 46:2; 2Ki 24:1,2; Da 1:1
the first.Nebuchadnezzar was associated with his father Nabopollasar two years before the death of the latter; and from this time the Jewish computation of Nebuchadnezzar's reign begins; that is, from the end of the third year of Jehoiakim; and therefore, according to them, the fourth year of Jehoiakim was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar. But the Babylonians date the commencement of his reign two years later, that is, on the death of his father; which computation is followed by Daniel, who wrote in Chaldee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 25:1

    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

  • Jeremiah 25:2

    The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

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Jeremiah 25:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
PALABRA que fué á Jeremías acerca de todo el pueblo de Judá en el año cuarto de Joacim hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, el cual es el año primero de Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
*La parole qui vint à Jérémie touchant tout le peuple de Juda, la quatrième année de Jehoïakim, fils de Josias, roi de Juda, (qui est la première année de Nebucadretsar, roi de Babylone,)
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das Wort, welches zu Jeremia geschah über das ganze Volk von Juda, im vierten Jahre Jojakims, des Sohnes Josias, des Königs von Juda, das ist das erste Jahr Nebukadrezars, des Königs von Babel,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Verbum quod factum est ad Jeremiam, de omni populo Juda, in anno quarto Joakim filii Josiæ regis Juda (ipse est annus primus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis),