John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 25

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of
Judah
Not only in the city of Jerusalem, but in the whole land of Judea. This prophecy concerns them all; their repentance and reformation, to which they are exhorted; or their invasion, desolation, and captivity, with which they are threatened. Before the prophet was sent to the king of Judah only, (Jeremiah 22:1); now to all the people: in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah;
in the latter part of the third, and beginning of the fourth year of his reign; see (Daniel 1:1); this was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon:
in which he began to reign with his father, for he reigned two years with him; who is the Nabopolassar of Ptolemy. This was in the year of the world 3397, and before Christ 607, according to Bishop Usher^F6.

FOOTNOTES:

• F6: Annales Vet. Test. p. 119.

Which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to 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:

From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day The year in which Jeremiah began to prophesy, (Jeremiah 1:2) ; (that [is], the three and twentieth year) ; for Josiah reigned one and thirty years; so that Jeremiah prophesied nineteen years in his reign; and now it was the fourth of Jehoiakim's, which make twenty three years; so long the prophet had been prophesying to this people: the word of the Lord has come to me ; from time to time, during that space of twenty three years; and which he diligently, constantly, and faithfully delivered to them; as follows: and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking : as soon as ever he had a word from the Lord, he brought it to them, and took the most proper and seasonable time to inculcate it to them; in the morning, and after, he had had a vision or dream in the night from the Lord; but you have not hearkened ; they took no notice of it; turned a deaf ear to it; however, did not obey or act as they were directed and exhorted to.

And the Lord has sent to you all his servants the prophets, &c.] Not only him, but many others, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, and others.

Rising early and sending [them]; not only the prophet, but the Lord himself is said to rise early, and send his prophets to them; which denotes his great care and concern for this people for their good; see (Jeremiah 7:25).

But you have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear; which is an aggravation of their sin.

They had one prophet after another sent to them, sent by the Lord himself; he rising early and sending them, and they rising early, being sent to do their message. And yet they were not hearkened to or attended to.

They said
The prophets: this was the substance of their discourses and prophecies, what follows: turn you again now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of
your doings ;
repent of sins, and reform from them; particularly their idolatries, to which they were prone, and are after mentioned:

and dwell in the land that the Lord has given to you and your
fathers for ever and ever ;
that is, the land of Canaan, which was given to them, and their fathers before them, by the Lord, for an everlasting inheritance, provided they behaved towards him aright; for they held the possession of it by their obedience to his law; and now, notwithstanding all that they had done, or had been threatened with; yet, if they repented and reformed, they should still dwell in the land, and enjoy it, and all the blessings and privileges of it.