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Jeremiah 25 — Sermon Preparation
Jeremiah announces seventy years of Babylonian exile, then the fall of Babylon itself, with all nations drinking the cup of divine wrath in turn. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 25, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 36
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 25 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גּוֹי | gôwy | H1471 | 10 | nation, a Gentile |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 7 | voice, sound |
| שָׁתָה | shâthâh | H8354 | 6 | imbibe |
| שָׁלַח | shâlach | H7971 | 7 | send |
| שַׁמָּה | shammâh | H8047 | 4 | ruin, consternation |
| שָׁנֶה | shâneh | H8141 | 6 | year, revolution |
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 5 | oracle |
How preachers through history handled this text
36 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 25, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“3. 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. 3. A tertio decimo anno Josiae filii Ammon regis Jehudah ad hunc diem, hic tertius et vicesimus annus est, loquutus est Jehova ad me, et loquutus sum ad vos, surgens mane; et non audistis: 4. And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 3, on Jeremiah 25:3–5 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Jer 25:1
- Chaldea— Jer 25:12
- Jerusalem— Jer 25:18
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