Jeremiah 25:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִן־שְׁלֹ֣שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֡ה לְיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ בֶן־אָמוֹן֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֜ה וְעַ֣ד ׀ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה זֶ֚ה שָׁלֹ֤שׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י וָאֲדַבֵּ֧ר אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם אַשְׁכֵּ֥ים וְדַבֵּ֖ר וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃

Transliteration

From thirteen šānāh to Yōʾšiyyāhû son of ʾĀmôn melek Yĕhûdāh and unto the day the this, this three and twenty šānāh, hāyāh dĕbar-YHWH unto me, and wāʾădabbēr unto you ʾaškêm and dabbēr and not šĕmaʿtem.

Grammar Details

• *šānāh*: noun, feminine, singular - year
• *Yōʾšiyyāhû*: proper noun - Josiah
• *ʾĀmôn*: proper noun - Amon
• *melek*: noun, masculine, singular construct - king
• *Yĕhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *hāyāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd singular, masculine - came/happened
• *dĕbar*: noun, masculine, singular construct - word of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *wāʾădabbēr*: conjunction + verb, piel imperfect, 1st singular - and I spoke
• *ʾaškêm*: verb, hiphil infinitive absolute - rising early
• *dabbēr*: verb, piel infinitive absolute - speaking
• *šĕmaʿtem*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd plural - you heard/listened

Word Meanings

• *hāyāh*: came/happened/existed
• *dĕbar*: word/matter/thing of
• *ʾaškêm*: rising early/persistently
• *šĕmaʿtem*: heard/listened/obeyed

Referenced Verses

• Jer 1:2 : 2 to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
• Jer 11:7 : 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
• Jer 7:13 : 13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:
• Jer 26:5 : 5 to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, even rising up early and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
• Jer 29:19 : 19 because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.
• 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.
• 2 Chr 34:8 : 8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Jehovah his God.
• 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
• Jer 25:4 : 4 And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear,)
• Jer 35:15 : 15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
• Jer 44:4 : 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
• Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
• John 8:2 : 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
• John 8:47 : 47 He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
• Ps 81:13 : 13 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
• Isa 55:2 : 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
• Gen 22:3 : 3 And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
• Exod 8:20 : 20 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
• 1 Kgs 22:3 : 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth - gilead is ours, and we are still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?