Jeremiah 25:1

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah (that was the first year of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon),

Jeremiah 25:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 25:1

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of
Judah
Not only in the city of Jerusalem, but in the whole land of Judea. This prophecy concerns them all; their repentance and reformation, to which they are exhorted; or their invasion, desolation, and captivity, with which they are threatened. Before the prophet was sent to the king of Judah only, ( Jeremiah 22:1 ) ; now to all the people: in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah;
in the latter part of the third, and beginning of the fourth year of his reign; see ( Daniel 1:1 ) ; this [was] the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon:
in which he began to reign with his father, for he reigned two years with him; who is the Nabopolassar of Ptolemy. This was in the year of the world 3397, and before Christ 607, according to Bishop Usher ^F6.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Annales Vet. Test. p. 119.

Jeremiah 25:1 In-Context

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah (that was the first year of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon),

2 which the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:

3 For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.

4 And though the Lord persistently sent you all his servants the prophets, you have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear

5 when they said, "Turn now, everyone of you, from your evil way and wicked doings, and you will remain upon the land that the Lord has given to you and your ancestors from of old and forever;