Jeremiah 25:18 - Exposition

The kings thereof (see on Jeremiah 19:3 ). As it is this day . As to the meaning of this phrase, see on Jeremiah 11:5 . The words evidently presuppose that the prediction has already been fulfilled (comp. Jeremiah 44:6 , Jeremiah 44:23 ); consequently, they cannot have stood here in the original draft of the prophecy. An early editor, or even Jeremiah himself, must have inserted them. They are omitted in the Septuagint.