Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 25:2
The which Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
2. spake unto all the people ] The events of ch. 36 (see Jer 25:26 there) had not yet occurred. Jeremiah was still at liberty.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
That is, the word concerned them all, and he spake it to so many of them as he met with in any public assembly at Jerusalem or elsewhere.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah,…. Perhaps at one of the three feasts, at which all the males appeared in Jerusalem; for it cannot be thought that he went up and down throughout all parts of the land to deliver this prophecy, but to as many of them as he found in Jerusalem in any place, at any time; and none so likely as what is mentioned:
and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: to whom he had an opportunity of speaking frequently:
saying; as follows:
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He shews more clearly in this verse what he had just said, — that he was not taught from above, that he might suppress what he had heard, but that he might proclaim it as from the mouth of God; and hence he gives himself the honorable title of a Prophet, as though he had said, that he came furnished with the indubitable commands of God, and was at the same time honored with the office of a Prophet; and he came thus, that no one might dare despise his doctrine. Now follows his sermon, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
‘Which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,’
The fact that the words were spoken to ‘all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem’ suggests it was at a festal occasion when all the people had gathered to the Central Sanctuary.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jer 25:2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
Ver. 2. Unto all the people of Judah. ] The circumstances both of time when, and of persons to whom, is thus set down, for the reason given on Jer 25:1 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jeremiah the prophet spake. This is the first occurrence of the expression. We find “said” later; and “prophet” in Jer 1:5; Jer 20:2; Jer 28:5, Jer 28:6, Jer 28:10, Jer 28:11, Jer 28:12, Jer 28:12, Jer 28:15; Jer 29:1, Jer 29:29; Jer 32:2; Jer 36:8, &c, Jer 34:6; Jer 45:1.
spake. In Ch. Jer 36:2 he is told to “write”, because “Israel” (being dispersed), could not be spoken to, as Judah was here.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jer 18:11, Jer 19:14, Jer 19:15, Jer 26:2, Jer 35:13, Jer 38:1, Jer 38:2, Psa 49:1, Psa 49:2, Mar 7:14-16
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 25:2. The which means the word- referred to in verse 1. Since the inspired revelations were given to the prophets in installments,” we can understand why the same date may be given for various words from the Lord.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Jer 25:2-3. Which Jeremiah spake to all the people of Judah That is, the word which he spake concerned them all, and he spake it to as many of them as he met with in any public assembly at Jerusalem or elsewhere. From the thirteenth year of Josiah In which year, as we read, Jer 1:2, Jeremiah began to prophesy; Josiah reigned thirty-one years, 2Ki 22:1; so that, taking in the thirteenth year, he prophesied nineteen years during the life of Josiah, to which the four years of Jehoiakims reign being added, make the number twenty-three. These twenty-three years, says the prophet, I have been a preacher to you, and I have not been negligent in my work, but, like men that rise early in the morning to despatch their business, I have been attentive and laborious in the discharge of my prophetic office.