Jeremiah 25 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 25:11, 25:26
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Chapter 25
Jeremiah 25
Hebrew source: BHS25 • chapter 25
Greek source: LXX25 • chapter 25
Greek source: LXX32 • chapter 32
Verse 25:1 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all Judah's people in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah—that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon—
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all Judah's people in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah,
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the synchronism with Nebuchadnezzar's first year.
Verse 25:2 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:2] which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all Judah's people and all Jerusalem's inhabitants, saying:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:2] which he spoke to all Judah's people and Jerusalem's inhabitants, saying:
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the repeated Jeremiah the prophet designation.
Verse 25:3 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:3] From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until this day—these twenty-three years—YHWH's word has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, but you did not listen.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:3] In the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amos, king of Judah, and until this day, twenty-three years, I spoke to you, rising early and saying,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek Amos differs from Hebrew Amon, as in chapter one. Greek lacks the word-coming clause and final refusal to hear. The Greek first-person discourse continues directly into divine My servants at 25:4; speaker transitions remain unresolved rather than silently repaired.
Verse 25:4 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:4] YHWH sent all His servants the prophets to you, rising early and sending, but you did not listen or incline your ears to hear,
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:4] and I was sending My servants the prophets to you, sending from early morning, and you did not listen or attend with your ears,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek makes God the first-person sender, unlike Hebrew's third-person YHWH within Jeremiah's report.
Verse 25:5 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:5] saying: Turn, please, each from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the soil YHWH gave to you and your fathers from of old and forever.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:5] saying: Turn, each from his evil way and from your evil practices, and you will dwell upon the land I gave to you and your fathers from age to age.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek I gave continues the divine first person; Hebrew names YHWH and uses an imperative dwell.
Verse 25:6 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:6] Do not follow other gods to serve them and bow down to them. Do not provoke Me by your hands' work, and I will not harm you.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:6] Do not follow foreign gods to serve them and bow down to them, so that you do not provoke Me by your hands' works into harming you.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek makes the harm a consequence within the prohibition, where Hebrew gives the negative promise separately.
Verse 25:7 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:7] But you did not listen to Me—YHWH's declaration—so as to provoke Me with your hands' work, to your own harm.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:7] And you did not hear Me.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek contains only the refusal-to-hear clause.
Verse 25:8 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:8] Therefore thus says YHWH of hosts: Because you did not hear My words,
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:8] Therefore thus says the Lord: Since you did not believe My words,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek belief differs from Hebrew hearing; of hosts is absent.
Verse 25:9 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:9] look, I am sending and taking all the northern clans—YHWH's declaration—and sending to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant. I will bring them against this land, its inhabitants, and all these surrounding nations; I will devote them to destruction and make them a horror, a hissing, and everlasting ruins.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:9] look, I am sending and will take the clan from the north and bring them against this land, its inhabitants, and all the surrounding nations. I will lay them waste and make them a disappearance, a hissing, and eternal reproach.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks Nebuchadnezzar and My servant, has singular clan, and ends with reproach rather than ruins. Hebrew's second sending is supplied for its unusual and to construction, explicitly provisional.
Verse 25:10 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:10] I will remove from them the sound of joy and gladness, the sound of bridegroom and bride, the sound of millstones and the light of a lamp.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:10] And I will remove from them the sound of joy and delight, the sound of bridegroom and bride, the fragrance of ointment and the light of a lamp.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek ointment fragrance differs from Hebrew millstone sound.
Verse 25:11 Disparate
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:11] This whole land will become a ruin and a horror, and these nations will serve Babylon's king for seventy years.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:11] And all the land will become a disappearance, and they will serve among the nations for seventy years.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Greek lacks the named Babylonian ruler and changes the nations from serving subjects to the sphere of service; the seventy-year period is present in both.
Verse 25:12 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:12] When seventy years are fulfilled, I will visit Babylon's king and that nation for their iniquity—YHWH's declaration—and the Chaldeans' land, and make it everlasting desolations.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:12] And when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will exact justice from that nation, says the Lord, and make them an eternal disappearance.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks Babylon's king, the explicit iniquity, and the Chaldean land; its object is plural them rather than the land.
Verse 25:13 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:13] I will bring upon that land all My words that I spoke against it, everything written in this scroll that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[25:13; 32:13] And I will bring upon that land all My words that I spoke against it, everything written in this book. What Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Hebrew 25:13 corresponds to Greek 25:13 plus the separate heading labeled 32:13. Both Greek units are translated here once; the second stands before the cup oracle in the Greek order. Greek 25:14–20 instead introduces the Elam oracle, aligned later with Hebrew 49:34–39.
Verse 25:14 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:14] For many nations and great kings will enslave them in turn, and I will repay them according to their deed and their hands' work.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[—] [No corresponding text in the declared Greek main text.]
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The displayed Greek 25:14 is an Elam heading, not this Hebrew verse; Greek 32 proceeds from label 13 to 15. No counterpart is fabricated.
Verse 25:15 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:15] For thus said YHWH, Israel's God, to me: Take this cup of the wine of fury from My hand, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:15] Thus said the Lord, Israel's God: Take this cup of unmixed wine from My hand, and give it to all the nations to whom I send you to drink,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek 32:15 has unmixed wine rather than Hebrew wine of fury and lacks to me. Greek labels 32:15–38 correspond to Hebrew 25:15–38.
Verse 25:16 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:16] They will drink, stagger, and go mad because of the sword I am sending among them.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:16] and they will drink, vomit, and go mad before the sword I am sending among them.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek vomiting differs from Hebrew staggering or convulsing.
Verse 25:17 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:17] I took the cup from YHWH's hand and made all the nations to whom YHWH sent me drink:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:17] And I took the cup from the Lord's hand and gave it to the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink:
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek lacks all; the enacted cup sequence agrees.
Verse 25:18 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:18] Jerusalem, Judah's cities, her kings, and her officials, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing, and a curse, as on this day;
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:18] Jerusalem, Judah's cities, Judah's kings, and its rulers, to make them a desolation, an untrodden place, and a hissing;
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks curse and as on this day, and uses untrodden place rather than horror.
Verse 25:19 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:19] Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, and all his people;
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:19] and Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his nobles, and all his people;
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both include the Egyptian court and population.
Verse 25:20 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:20] all the mixed population, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the Philistines' land, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod's remnant;
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:20] and all his mixed population, all the Philistine kings, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod's remnant;
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the kings of Uz and specifies his mixed population, linking to Pharaoh.
Verse 25:21 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:21] Edom, Moab, and Ammon's children;
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:21] and Idumea, the Moabite land, and Ammon's sons;
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek uses territorial forms; the peoples correspond.
Verse 25:22 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:22] all Tyre's kings, all Sidon's kings, and the kings of the coastland across the sea;
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:22] and all Tyre's kings, Sidon's kings, and the kings across the sea;
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the explicit coastland noun and the second all.
Verse 25:23 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:23] Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those with clipped hair at the temples;
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:23] and Dedan, Teman, Ros, and everyone shorn about his face;
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek Teman and Ros differ from Hebrew Tema and Buz. Hebrew clipped corner is interpreted as temple hair; Greek explicitly specifies the face.
Verse 25:24 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:24] all Arabia's kings and all the kings of the mixed population dwelling in the wilderness;
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:24] and all the mixed populations lodging in the wilderness;
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks Arabia and both king designations.
Verse 25:25 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:25] all Zimri's kings, all Elam's kings, and all Media's kings;
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:25] and all Elam's kings and all the Persian kings;
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek lacks Zimri and names Persia where Hebrew names Media.
Verse 25:26 Disparate
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:26] all the northern kings, near and far, one after another, and all the earth's kingdoms upon the face of the soil. The king of Sheshach will drink after them.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:26] and all the kings from the east, far and near, each with his brother, and all the kingdoms upon the face of the earth.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Greek east differs from Hebrew north and lacks the final Sheshach clause. The Hebrew name is retained; its proposed coded identification requires a separately verified note before assertion.
Verse 25:27 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:27] Say to them: Thus says YHWH of hosts, Israel's God: Drink, get drunk, vomit, fall, and do not rise, because of the sword I am sending among you.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:27] And say to them: Thus said the Lord Almighty: Drink, get drunk, and vomit; you will fall and certainly not rise before the sword I am sending among you.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek falling is indicative rather than Hebrew imperative; Greek lacks Israel's God.
Verse 25:28 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:28] If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, say to them: Thus says YHWH of hosts: You will certainly drink.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:28] And when they are unwilling to receive the cup from your hand to drink, say: Thus said the Lord: You will certainly drink.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks of hosts and to them; the inescapable drinking remains.
Verse 25:29 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:29] For look, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city called by My name. Will you go utterly unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the earth's inhabitants—YHWH of hosts' declaration.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:29] Because I am beginning to bring harm in the city upon which My name was named, and you will certainly not be cleansed, because I am summoning a sword against those dwelling upon the earth.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek not be cleansed differs from Hebrew judicial going unpunished, and lacks the question, all, and the final formula.
Verse 25:30 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:30] Prophesy all these words to them and say: YHWH will roar from on high and raise His voice from His holy dwelling. He will roar mightily against His pasture; like those treading grapes He will answer with a vintage shout against all the earth's inhabitants.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:30] And prophesy these words against them and say: The Lord will give an oracle from on high; from His holy place He will raise His voice. He will give an oracular word over His place, and they will answer with Aidad, like grape-gatherers. And upon those dwelling upon the earth,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek gives oracles where Hebrew roars, has plural responders and grape-gatherers rather than treading, and transliterates Aidad, the vintage cry. Its final inhabitants phrase continues into Greek 32:31.
Verse 25:31 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:31] a din reaches the end of the earth, for YHWH has a dispute with the nations. He enters judgment with all flesh; He gives the wicked to the sword—YHWH's declaration.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:31] destruction comes upon a part of the earth, because the Lord has a judgment among the nations. He enters judgment with all flesh, and the ungodly were given to the sword, says the Lord.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek destruction and part differ from Hebrew din and end; Greek uses passive were given rather than explicitly naming the giving agent.
Verse 25:32 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:32] Thus says YHWH of hosts: Look, disaster goes out from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirred from the earth's farthest reaches.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:32] Thus said the Lord: Look, evils come from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind goes out from the earth's farthest end.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek lacks of hosts but retains the widening storm image.
Verse 25:33 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:33] On that day YHWH's slain will lie from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be lamented, gathered, or buried; they will be dung upon the soil's face.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:33] And those wounded by the Lord on the Lord's day will lie from one part of the earth to another. They will certainly not be buried; they will be dung upon the earth's face.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek Lord's day differs from that day; Greek lacks mourning and gathering and uses wounded rather than explicitly slain.
Verse 25:34 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:34] Wail, shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, mighty ones of the flock, for your days for slaughter and your scatterings have come to fullness, and you will fall like a precious vessel.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:34] Raise a shout, shepherds, and cry out; beat yourselves in mourning, rams of the sheep, because your days for slaughter have been fulfilled, and you will fall like choice rams.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek choice rams differs from Hebrew precious vessel, and Greek lacks scatterings. Hebrew the scatterings phrase is grammatically difficult and retained provisionally; dust is supplied for the mourning action.
Verse 25:35 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:35] Escape will perish from the shepherds, and deliverance from the flock's mighty ones.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:35] And flight will perish from the shepherds, and salvation from the rams of the sheep.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek rams continues its explicit animal image where Hebrew uses mighty ones.
Verse 25:36 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:36] The sound of the shepherds' cry and the wailing of the flock's mighty ones! For YHWH is ravaging their pasture.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:36] A sound of shepherds crying and of sheep and rams shouting, because the Lord destroyed their grazing places,
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek includes both sheep and rams and has past destruction rather than Hebrew's ongoing ravaging.
Verse 25:37 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:37] The peaceful pastures are silenced because of YHWH's burning anger.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:37] and the remnants of peace will cease before the anger of My fury.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek remnants of peace differs from Hebrew peaceful pastures and shifts to divine My rather than naming YHWH.
Verse 25:38 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[25:38] Like a young lion He has left His shelter, for their land has become a desolation because of the oppressor's fierceness and His burning anger.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[32:38] Like a lion He abandoned His lodging, because their land became an untrodden place before the great sword.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek great sword differs from Hebrew the oppressor's fierceness and divine anger. Hebrew hayyonah is difficult, literally a feminine oppressing form or dove under another lexical analysis; no unmarked sword emendation is used. Divine He is inferred from the preceding judgment context.