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Only then will I let you live in this land that the LORD gave to you and your ancestors forever. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Standard Version</a> saying, ‘Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and evil deeds, and dwell upon the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25.htm">King James Bible</a> They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/25.htm">New King James Version</a> They said, ‘Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> saying, ‘Turn now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and live on the land which the LORD has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever; <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1995</a> saying, &#8216Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which the LORD has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever; <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a> saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which the LORD has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever; <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and live on the ground which Yahweh has given to you and your fathers forever and ever; <a href="/amp/jeremiah/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a> saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and the evil of your actions [that you may not forfeit the right to] live in the land that the LORD has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever; <a href="/csb/jeremiah/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He announced, ‘Turn, each of you, from your evil way of life and from your evil deeds. Live in the land the LORD gave to you and your ancestors long ago and forever. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He announced, &#8216Turn, each of you, from your evil way of life and from your evil deeds. Live in the land the LORD gave to you and your ancestors long ago and forever. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/25.htm">American Standard Version</a> saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore; <a href="/cev/jeremiah/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They told you that the LORD had said: Change your ways! If you stop doing evil, I will let you stay forever in this land that I gave your ancestors. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Revised Version</a> saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore: <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The prophets said, 'Turn from your evil ways and the evil you have done, and live in the land that the LORD permanently gave to you and your ancestors. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/25.htm">Good News Translation</a> They told you to turn from your wicked way of life and from the evil things you are doing, so that you could go on living in the land that the LORD gave you and your ancestors as a permanent possession. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/25.htm">International Standard Version</a> They said, 'Turn, each one of you, from your evil habits and evil deeds, and live in the land that the LORD gave to you and your ancestors forever and ever. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The prophets told you, ?Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. <a href="/net/jeremiah/25.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> saying, 'Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forevermore; <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given to you and to your fathers for ever and ever: <a href="/web/jeremiah/25.htm">World English Bible</a> saying, “Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forever more. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Please turn back, each from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell on the ground that YHWH has given to you and to your fathers from age to age, <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell on the ground that Jehovah hath given to you and to your fathers from age unto age, <a href="/slt/jeremiah/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Saying, Turn back now each from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell upon the land which Jehovah gave to you and to your fathers to from forever and even to forever.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> When he said: Return ye, every one from his evil way, and from your wicked devices, and you shall dwell in the land which the Lord hath given to you, and your fathers for ever and ever. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> when he said: Return, each one from his evil way, and from your wicked thoughts. And you shall dwell in the land, which the Lord has given to you and to your fathers, from ancient times and even forever. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Bible</a> to this message: Turn back, each of you, from your evil way and from your evil deeds; then you shall remain in the land which the LORD gave you and your ancestors, from of old and forever. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> when they said, “Turn now, every one 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;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> They said, Repent every man from his evil way, and from the evil of his doings, and dwell in the land which the LORD has given to you and to your fathers for ever and ever; <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he was saying: ‘Turn to God, each man from his evil way, and from the evil of your works, and dwell in the land that LORD JEHOVAH gave to you and to your fathers, from eternity and unto eternity<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> saying: 'Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers, for ever and ever; <a href="/sep/jeremiah/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Turn ye every one from his evil way, and from your evil practices, and ye shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and your fathers, of old and for ever. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=7290" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm">The Seventy-Year Captivity</a> …4And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear. 5<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">The prophets told you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šū·ḇū- (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">‘Turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">now,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">each of you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā·‘āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">from your evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: mid·dar·kōw (Prep-m:: N-csc:: 3ms) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">ways</a> <a href="/hebrew/7455.htm" title="7455: ū·mê·rō·a‘ (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Badness, evil. From ra'a'; badness, physically or morally.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/4611.htm" title="4611: ma·‘al·lê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A deed, practice. From alal; an act.">deeds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: ū·šə·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and you can dwell</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯan (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">the LORD has given</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">to you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: wə·la·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">and your fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: lə·min- (Prep-l) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">ever.</a> 6Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a> Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! <a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a> Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/zechariah/1-3.htm">Zechariah 1:3-4</a> So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’ / Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD. <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a> “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-2</a> Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. <a href="/amos/5-4.htm">Amos 5:4-6</a> For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live! / Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing. / Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it. <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a> He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-20</a> Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” / “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Deuteronomy 30:1-3</a> “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you, / and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, / then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you. <a href="/matthew/3-1.htm">Matthew 3:1-2</a> In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea / and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” <a href="/mark/1-14.htm">Mark 1:14-15</a> After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God. / “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!” <a href="/luke/13-3.htm">Luke 13:3-5</a> No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. / Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem? / No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a> Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, <a href="/acts/17-30.htm">Acts 17:30</a> Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>They said, Turn you again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers for ever and ever:Turn.<a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Jeremiah 18:11</a> Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.<a href="/jeremiah/35-15.htm">Jeremiah 35:15</a> 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.<a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13,14</a> Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets… for.<a href="/jeremiah/7-7.htm">Jeremiah 7:7</a> Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.<a href="/jeremiah/17-25.htm">Jeremiah 17:25</a> Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.<a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a> And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-8.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-7.htm">Evermore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-17.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-7.htm">Forevermore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-11.htm">Times</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-14.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-3.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-24.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm">Evermore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-6.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-6.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-3.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm">Forevermore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-26.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-3.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-8.htm">Times</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-3.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-13.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 25</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/25-1.htm">Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets,</a> 8. <a href="/jeremiah/25-8.htm">foretells the seventy years' captivity;</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">and after that, the destruction of Babylon.</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Under the type of a cup of wine he foreshows the destruction of all nations.</a> 34. <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">The howling of the shepherds.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Prophets like Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah were contemporaries of Jeremiah, each delivering messages from God. The role of a prophet was not only to foretell future events but also to forth-tell, or proclaim, God's truth to the people. This phrase emphasizes the continuity and consistency of God's message through His chosen messengers.‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds Repentance is a central theme in the prophetic messages. The call to "turn" signifies a complete change of direction, both in thought and action. The individual responsibility ("each of you") highlights that repentance is personal and requires a conscious decision to abandon sin. The "evil ways and deeds" refer to the idolatry, injustice, and moral corruption prevalent in Judah at the time. This call echoes the broader biblical theme of repentance found in passages like <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a> and the New Testament call to repentance in <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a>.and you can dwell in the land The promise of dwelling in the land is a reference to the covenant God made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, where the land of Canaan was given as an inheritance to their descendants. This promise is conditional upon obedience and faithfulness to God, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. The land is not just a physical territory but a symbol of God's blessing and presence among His people.that the LORD has given to you and your fathers This phrase underscores the covenantal relationship between God and Israel. The land was a divine gift, not earned by the people's merit but granted by God's grace. The reference to "your fathers" connects the current generation to their ancestors, reminding them of their heritage and the faithfulness of God throughout history. It also serves as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience, as seen in the exile of the northern kingdom of Israel.forever and ever The phrase "forever and ever" indicates the eternal nature of God's promises. While the physical possession of the land was contingent on obedience, the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises is found in the eternal kingdom established through Jesus Christ. This eternal perspective is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are promised an everlasting inheritance (<a href="/1_peter/1-4.htm">1 Peter 1:4</a>) and a new heaven and earth (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a> The audience of Jeremiah's message, who were living in disobedience to God and facing impending judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a> Refers to the Promised Land, given by God to the Israelites, symbolizing God's covenant and blessings. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who desires repentance and restoration for His people. 5. <a href="/topical/p/prophetic_warning.htm">Prophetic Warning</a> The event of delivering God's message through Jeremiah, urging the people to repent to avoid disaster.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> God consistently calls His people to turn from their evil ways, emphasizing the importance of repentance in maintaining a relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a> The promise of dwelling in the land forever is contingent upon the people's faithfulness to God's covenant. <a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_mercy.htm">God's Patience and Mercy</a> Despite the people's disobedience, God offers them a chance to repent, demonstrating His patience and mercy. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> Ignoring God's call to repentance leads to judgment and loss of blessings, as seen in the history of Israel. <a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection.htm">Personal Reflection</a> Believers today are encouraged to examine their lives, repent of any sin, and align themselves with God's will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 25</a> <a href="/q/isaiah_4's_restoration_vs._ot_judgment.htm">How do claims in Isaiah 4 regarding future restoration align or conflict with other Old Testament prophecies about judgment and destruction?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'cheap_grace'_mean.htm">What does "cheap grace" mean?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_threaten_destruction,_not_mercy.htm">Why would God threaten complete destruction (Jeremiah 21:5–6) instead of offering a path to repentance, seeming to contradict earlier scriptures that highlight mercy? </a> <a href="/q/how_is_god's_wrath_reconciled_with_love.htm">Psalm 21:8-10: How can the depiction of God's fiery wrath be reconciled with other scriptures portraying God as loving and merciful?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) Turn ye again now . . .--The sum and substance of the work of all true prophets has always been found, it need scarcely be said, in the call to repentance and conversion; but there is, perhaps, a special reference to the substance of their preaching as recorded in <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm" title="Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.">2Kings 17:13</a>. The words are interesting as showing that Jeremiah was probably seconded in his work by other prophets whose names have not come down to us. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>[The prophets] told [you], לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘Turn שֽׁוּבוּ־ (šū·ḇū-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again now, נָ֞א (nā) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> I pray', 'now', 'then' each אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of you, לְמִן־ (lə·min-) Preposition-l <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of from your evil הָֽרָעָה֙ (hā·rā·‘āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil ways מִדַּרְכּ֤וֹ (mid·dar·kōw) Preposition-m | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action and evil וּמֵרֹ֣עַ (ū·mê·rō·a‘) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7455.htm">Strong's 7455: </a> Badness, evil deeds, מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם (ma·‘al·lê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4611.htm">Strong's 4611: </a> A deed, practice and you can dwell וּשְׁבוּ֙ (ū·šə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the land הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> Ground, land that אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD has given נָתַ֧ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set to you לָכֶ֖ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> and to your fathers וְלַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (wə·la·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father forever עוֹלָ֖ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always and וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while ever. עוֹלָֽם׃ (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-5.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 25:5 Saying Return now everyone from his evil (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/25-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>