The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
- KJV To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
- NKJV to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
- NASB to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
- NLT The Lord first gave messages to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah's call came under good King Josiah, framing his ministry's start. It sets the political backdrop of his decades-long work.
Overview
The word of Yahweh first came to Jeremiah in Josiah's thirteenth year (about 627 BC), during Judah's last reforming king. This timing places Jeremiah at a hopeful yet fragile moment, before the nation's final slide into judgment. That God's word came at a set time underscores that prophecy is His initiative, not human invention.
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- Jer 1:11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
- Hos 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
- Jer 1:4The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
- Mic 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
- Jonah 1:1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
- 1 Kgs 13:20While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,
- 2 Kgs 21:24But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
- 2 Chr 34:1–33Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
- Jer 36:2“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
- Jer 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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