Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:24
24. Arabia A general name, not for the whole district now known by this name, but for that region occupied by the nomadic peoples descended from Ishmael and Midian. read more
Jeremiah 25:15-38, Jeremiah 36:1-32, Jeremiah 45:1-46:28
Daniel Whedon
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:25
25. Zimri This name occurs only here; but from the order in which it is introduced we may safely conclude that it represents a people to the extreme east, between the Arabs and the Elamites. Elam As is common in the Bible this name is not limited to Elymais, but is put for the whole of Persia. Medes Located still farther to the north and east, and destined to hold a conspicuous place in the history of the near future. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:26
26. Kings of the north Completing the survey. Sheshach See also Jeremiah 51:41. In the opinion of many we have here and in Jeremiah 51:1, an example of that cabalistic figure called the atbash. This consisted in substituting for each letter in a word the letter holding the corresponding place counting from the other end of the alphabet, namely, for א (aleph) ת (tav;) for ב (beth) שׁ (shin,) etc. On this plan Sheshach would answer to Babel, which it certainly means; and in Jeremiah 51:1,... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:27
27. Drink ye, etc. Language which sets forth vividly and impressively the helplessness of the people under the divine inflictions. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:30
THE JUDGMENT ON THE WORLD, Jeremiah 25:30-38. 30. The Lord shall roar As a lion furious for his prey, (see Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2,) before whom sheep and shepherds (Jeremiah 25:34-36) fall helplessly on the ground in consternation and despair. They that tread the grapes Who raise the vintage-shout, keeping time, as was the custom, by the alternate raising and pushing down of the feet. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:31
31. A noise The din of war, the noise of great armies; hence full of terror and danger. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:32
32. Evil shall go forth As a fierce and destructive storm travels on from nation to nation. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:34
34. Howl, ye shepherds Thrown into consternation by both the lion and the storm. Wallow yourselves Roll yourselves. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:37
37. The peaceable habitations Literally, the pastures of peace, where the flocks feed and lie down without fear or disturbance. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:23
23. Dedan… Tema… Buz Arabian tribes. Utmost corners, as in Jeremiah 9:25, should be hair-corners polled, or who have the corners of their hair shorn. read more