What Does Jeremiah 25:2 Mean in the King James?
The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The repeated “all” turns Jeremiah’s speech from a private oracle into a word placed in the hearing of an entire people.
THE MEANING
You encounter a word spoken into the whole community, not kept in a private corner. The repeated “all” makes shared hearing part of the message, while “saying” holds open what is about to be spoken.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The word is meant only for a hidden few; the repeated “all” places it within the hearing of an entire people.
THE ROOT
דִּבֶּר
dibbēr
GROWS FROM
דבר
d-b-r
to speak, utter
“spake” in this verse is dibbēr. The verb דִּבֶּר (dibbēr, “he spoke”) and the noun דָּבָר (dābār, “word” or “matter”) grow from the same root. The speech here is bound to the word spoken: it becomes audible in the shared space of the people.
ALSO GROWS
dābār: word, matter, thing
דָּבָר
The same root makes speech and the word spoken kin; Jeremiah’s public address carries the word into the people’s hearing.
mədabbēr: speaking; one who speaks
מְדַבֵּר
This speaking form keeps the root’s action visible: the word reaches the community through a voice.
THE PATTERN
A word entrusted to one voice enters the hearing of the whole people.
When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.THE THREAD
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.The Hebrew root דבר (d-b-r) appears in “spake” here and in דְּבָרַי (dĕvāray, “my words”) there, binding speaking to what is spoken. The word placed in Jeremiah’s mouth becomes the public address heard by the people.
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