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Jeremiah 25:1-3

Seventy Years of Servitude for Failure to Give Heed

25:1 In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah¹ concerning all the people of Judah. (That was the same as the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.)² 25:2 So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the people who were living in Jerusalem.³ 25:3 “For the last twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah⁴ until now, the Lord has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again⁵ what he said.⁶ But you would not listen.

¹tn Heb “The word was to Jeremiah.” It is implicit from the context that it was the Lord’s word. The verbal expression is more in keeping with contemporary English style.

²sn The year referred to would be 605 b.c. Jehoiakim had been placed on the throne of Judah as a puppet king by Pharaoh Necho after the defeat of Josiah at Megiddo in 609 b.c. (2 Kgs 23:34-35). According to Jer 46:2 Nebuchadnezzar defeated Necho at Carchemish in that same year. After defeating Necho, Nebuchadnezzar had hurried back to Babylon where he was made king. After being made king he then returned to Judah and attacked Jerusalem (Dan 1:1. The date given there is the third year of Jehoiakim but scholars are generally agreed that the dating there is based on a different system than the one here. It did not count the part of the year before New Year’s day as an official part of the king’s official rule. Hence, the third year there is the fourth year here.) The identity of the foe from the north referred to in general terms (4:6; 6:1; 15:12) now becomes clear.

³map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

⁴sn 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.

⁵tn For the idiom involved here see the notes at 7:13 and 11:7.

⁶tn The words “what he said” are not in the text but are implicit. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

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