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Jeremiah 25:3
“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah addresses the people of Judah and Jerusalem, marking a twenty-three-year span beginning in the thirteenth year of Josiah’s reign. He states that the Lord’s message has continuously come to him throughout this period while he repeatedly spoke to the people.
The words — מִן־ (min-) translates literally as “since” and anchors the timeline, while שָׁנָה (sha.Nah) means “year” to quantify the duration. The compound שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (she.losh es.reh) combines “thirteen” to specify the exact starting point of Josiah’s reign.
The thread — The same chronological marker appears in Jeremiah 1:2, which records the initial receipt of the word in Josiah’s thirteenth year. The motif of repeated divine warning met with refusal runs through Jeremiah 11:7, which notes warnings from the Exodus onward, and Jeremiah 26:5, which reiterates the people’s failure to listen to sent messengers.
Why it lands — The text requires acknowledgment that extended divine communication does not compel human obedience. It demands a clear-eyed assessment that persistent refusal to heed repeated warning constitutes a settled stance against the message.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 1:2 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
- Jeremiah 11:7 For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
- Jeremiah 26:5 and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,
- Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
- 2 Chronicles 34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
- Jeremiah 29:19 I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”
- 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
- Genesis 22:3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
- Exodus 8:20 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.