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Jeremiah 25:1
This 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text places Jeremiah as the recipient of a prophetic message concerning all the people of Judah during the fourth year of King Jehoiakim, which the text explicitly equates to the first year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon.
The words — The verse opens with הַדָּבָר (ha-davar), meaning "the word," and uses הָיָה (hayah), "it came," to describe how this message arrived to Jeremiah concerning (עַל, al) all (כָּל, kol) the people (עָם, am) of Judah.
The thread — This identical dating and prophetic framing appear in Jeremiah 36:1, while the political reality of Jehoiakim becoming Nebuchadnezzar’s vassal is recorded in 2 Kings 24:1 and connected to the Carchemish campaign in Jeremiah 46:2.
Why it lands — The text anchors a divine message to specific royal reigns and geopolitical shifts, requiring the reader to treat prophetic warning as historically situated rather than abstract.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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;
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 36:1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
- 2 Kings 24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
- Jeremiah 46:2 concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 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, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.