thirteenth year of Josiah. Compare Jeremiah 1:2 . the three and twentieth year: i.e. of Jeremiah's prophesying: 18 years under Josiah + 3 months under Jehoahaz + 4 years under Jehoiakim. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . rising early and speaking. See note on Jeremiah 7:13 . read more
3. From the thirteenth year of Josiah, in which Jeremiah began to prophesy ( :-), to the end of Josiah's reign, was nineteen years ( :-); the three months :-) of Jehoahaz' reign, with the not quite complete four years of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 25:1), added to the nineteen years, make up twenty-three years in all. read more
The length of the exile and Babylon’s fate 25:1-14Chapter 25 serves as a capstone for all of Jeremiah’s previous prophecies. The prophet’s perspective now broadens quickly to include the whole world and divine judgments ordained for it. read more
The prophet announced that he had been preaching to his audience regularly for 23 years, but they had not paid attention to what he had said. According to Jeremiah 1:2, Jeremiah began his ministry in 627 B.C. read more
Jeremiah’s Fourteenth Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim). The Wine Cup of God’s FuryWe have here the first closely dated prophecy, taking us back from Zedekih’s reign to the fourth year of Jehoiakim, between the news of the victory of Nebuchadnezzar over Pharaoh-Necho and the Egyptians at Carchemish (605 b.c.) and the arrival of the Chaldean army under the walls of Jerusalem. The prophet advises submission to Babylon as God’s agent, but promises its overthrow at the end. of the seventy years’... read more
(3) The three and twentieth year (B.C. 603-4).—Thus there had been nineteen years of prophetic work under Josiah, and between three and four under Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 1:2). Of the former period we have but scanty record. The year is noticeable as that which apparently witnessed the first collection of Jeremiah’s prophetic utterances (Jeremiah 36:5-8).Rising early and speaking.—See Note on Jeremiah 7:13. read more
CHAPTER 25 The Seventy Years’ Captivity and the Judgment of the Nations 1. The retrospect (Jeremiah 25:1-7 ) 2. The seventy years’ captivity announced (Jeremiah 25:8-11 ) 3. The punishment of Babylon and its king (Jeremiah 25:12-14 ) 4. The wine-cup of fury for the nations (Jeremiah 25:15-29 ) 5. The day of the LORD and wrath of God (Jeremiah 25:30-38 ) Jeremiah 25:1-7 . The prophet in the fourth year of Jehoiakim addresses the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The... read more
25:3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to {b} this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come to me, and I have spoken to you, {c} rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.(b) Which was the fifth year and the ninth month of Jehoiakim’s reign.(c) That is, I have spared no diligence or labour, Jeremiah 7:13 . read more
MESSAGES IN JEHOIAKIM ’S REIGN Having just considered discourses in Zedekiah’s reign, and now returning to that of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 25:1 ), it can be seen that the chapters are not arranged chronologically. The first message is that of the seventy years captivity. We are familiar with that period as Judah’s forced stay in Babylon, and it is interesting to see the place where it was definitely predicted (Jeremiah 25:11-12 ). Note what leads up to the prediction, God’s patience and... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-14
Seventy years captivity (25:1-14)Babylon conquered Egypt in 605 BC (the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign according to Judean reckoning, the third year of his reign according to Babylonian reckoning; cf. Daniel 1:1-6). Judah therefore came for the first time under the direct control of Babylon. Jeremiah now clearly sees his prophecies being fulfilled before his eyes. He reminds the people that for over twenty years he has been bringing God’s message to them but they have not listened (25:1-3).... read more