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Text -- Jeremiah 25:1-19 (NET)
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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 Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah . (That was the same as the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon .)
25:2 So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the people who were living in Jerusalem .
25:3 “For the last twenty-three years , from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah until now , the Lord has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again what he said . But you would not listen .
25:4 Over and over again the Lord has sent his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention .
25:5 He said through them, ‘Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession .
25:6 Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do . Then I will not cause you any harm .’
25:7 So, now the Lord says , ‘You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done . Thus you have brought harm on yourselves .’
25:8 “Therefore , the Lord who rules over all says , ‘You have not listened to what I said .
25:9 So I, the Lord , affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant , King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon . I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins . I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn .
25:10 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness , to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal . I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses.
25:11 This whole area will become a desolate wasteland . These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years .’
25:12 “‘But when the seventy years are over , I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins . I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin . I, the Lord , affirm it!
25:13 I will bring on that land everything that I said I would. I will bring on it everything that is written in this book . I will bring on it everything that Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations .
25:14 For many nations and great kings will make slaves of the king of Babylon and his nation too . I will repay them for all they have done !’”
Judah and the Nations Will Experience God’s Wrath
25:15 So the Lord , the God of Israel , spoke to me in a vision. “Take this cup from my hand . It is filled with the wine of my wrath . Take it and make the nations to whom I send you drink it.
25:16 When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane . For I will send wars sweeping through them.”
25:17 So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand . I made all the nations to whom he sent me drink the wine of his wrath.
25:18 I made Jerusalem and the cities of Judah , its kings and its officials drink it. I did it so Judah would become a ruin . I did it so Judah, its kings, and its officials would become an object of horror and of hissing scorn , an example used in curses . Such is already becoming the case!
25:19 I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh , king of Egypt ; his attendants , his officials , his people,
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Captivity |
JEREMIAH (2) |
Babylon |
Israel |
Nation |
Government |
JEREMIAH, BOOK OF |
Cup |
Sidon |
Ammonites |
Prophecy |
Anger |
Philistines |
Symbols and Similitudes |
Wicked |
Jeremiah |
ASTONISHMENT |
SEVENTY YEARS |
Zeal |
Happiness |
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NET Notes -> Jer 25:1; Jer 25:1; Jer 25:2; Jer 25:3; Jer 25:3; Jer 25:3; Jer 25:4; Jer 25:4; Jer 25:4; Jer 25:5; Jer 25:5; Jer 25:5; Jer 25:6; Jer 25:6; Jer 25:7; Jer 25:7; Jer 25:7; Jer 25:8; Jer 25:8; Jer 25:8; Jer 25:9; Jer 25:9; Jer 25:9; Jer 25:9; Jer 25:9; Jer 25:9; Jer 25:9; Jer 25:9; Jer 25:9; Jer 25:10; Jer 25:10; Jer 25:11; Jer 25:11; Jer 25:12; Jer 25:12; Jer 25:12; Jer 25:12; Jer 25:12; Jer 25:13; Jer 25:14; Jer 25:14; Jer 25:15; Jer 25:15; Jer 25:15; Jer 25:16; Jer 25:16; Jer 25:17; Jer 25:18; Jer 25:18; Jer 25:18; Jer 25:18; Jer 25:18; Jer 25:19
NET Notes: Jer 25:1 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 a...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:2 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Jer 25:3 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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NET Notes: Jer 25:4 Heb “inclined your ear to hear.” This is idiomatic for “paying attention.” It is often parallel with “listen” as h...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:5 Heb “gave to you and your fathers with reference to from ancient times even unto forever.” See the same idiom in 7:7.
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NET Notes: Jer 25:6 Heb “make me angry with the work of your hands.” The term “work of your own hands” is often interpreted as a reference to idol...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:7 Heb “make me angry with the work of your hands.” The term “work of your own hands” is often interpreted as a reference to idol...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:10 The sound of people grinding meal and the presence of lamps shining in their houses were signs of everyday life. The Lord is going to make these lands...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:11 It should be noted that the text says that the nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years, not that they will lie desolate for s...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:13 Or “I will bring upon it everything that is to be written in this book. I will bring upon it everything that Jeremiah is going to prophesy conce...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:14 Heb “according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.” The two phrases are synonymous; it would be hard to represent the...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:15 “Drinking from the cup of wrath” is a common figure to represent being punished by God. Isaiah had used it earlier to refer to the punishm...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:16 Heb “because of the sword that I will send among them.” Here, as often elsewhere in Jeremiah, the sword is figurative for warfare which br...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:17 The words “the wine of his wrath” are not in the text but are implicit in the metaphor (see vv. 15-16). They are supplied in the translati...
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NET Notes: Jer 25:18 Heb “as it is today.” This phrase would obviously be more appropriate after all these things had happened as is the case in 44:6, 23 where...
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