Jeremiah 25:3
25:3 “For the last twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah 1 until now, the Lord has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again 2 what he said. 3 But you would not listen.
Jeremiah 27:18
27:18 I also told them, 4 “If they are really prophets and the Lord is speaking to them, 5 let them pray earnestly to the Lord who rules over all. 6 Let them plead with him not to let the valuable articles that are still left in the Lord’s temple, in the royal palace, and in Jerusalem be taken away 7 to Babylon.
1 sn The year referred to would be 627 b.c. The same year is referred to in 1:2 in reference to his call to be a prophet.
2 tn For the idiom involved here see the notes at 7:13 and 11:7.
3 tn The words “what he said” are not in the text but are implicit. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tn The words “I also told them” are not in the text, but it is obvious from the fact that the Lord is spoken about in the third person in vv. 18, 19, 21 that he is not the speaker. This is part of Jeremiah’s own speech to the priests and the people (v. 16). These words are supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “the word of the Lord is with them.”
6 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”
sn For the significance of this title see the study note on 2:19.
7 tn Heb “…speaking to them, let them entreat the Lord…so that the valuable articles…will not go to Babylon.” The long original sentence has been broken up for the sake of English style.