which is called by My name = upon which My name is called. unpunished = held guiltless. Compare 1 Peter 4:17 . Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:7 ; Exodus 34:7 . Numbers 14:18 ). the earth. Hebrew. ha'arez. Same word as "the world" in Jeremiah 25:26 . read more
29. If I spared not Mine elect people on account of sin, much less will I spare you (Ezekiel 9:6; Obadiah 1:16; Luke 23:31; 1 Peter 4:17). be unpunished—"be treated as innocent." read more
4. Warnings in view of Judah’s hard heart 15:10-25:38This section of the book contains several collections of Jeremiah’s confessions, symbolic acts, and messages. These passages reflect conditions that were very grim, so their origin may have been shortly before the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. read more
Yahweh’s cup of wrath for the nations 25:15-29 read more
God’s work of judgment in Jerusalem was just the beginning of a larger scale judgment that would extend to all nations (cf. Amos 3:2; 1 Peter 4:17). Final fulfillment awaits the return of Jesus Christ when He will destroy all nations that oppose Him (Revelation 16:14-16). read more
Jeremiah’s Fourteenth Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim). The Wine Cup of God’s FuryWe have here the first closely dated prophecy, taking us back from Zedekih’s reign to the fourth year of Jehoiakim, between the news of the victory of Nebuchadnezzar over Pharaoh-Necho and the Egyptians at Carchemish (605 b.c.) and the arrival of the Chaldean army under the walls of Jerusalem. The prophet advises submission to Babylon as God’s agent, but promises its overthrow at the end. of the seventy years’... read more
(29) I begin to bring evil . . .?—The thought is the same as that of 1 Peter 4:17, “If judgment shall begin at the house of God . . .?” If this were His chastisement of those who were His chosen people, it followed à fortiori that those who were less favoured and had less claims should not escape. For them, as for Judah, the one wise and safe course was to accept their punishment and submit. (Comp. Jeremiah 49:12.) read more
CHAPTER XVIJEHOVAH AND THE NATIONSJeremiah 25:15-38"Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations."- Jeremiah 25:31As the son of a king only learns very gradually that his father’s authority and activity extend beyond the family and the household, so Israel in its childhood thought of Jehovah as exclusively concerned with itself.Such ideas as omnipotence and universal Providence did not exist; therefore they could not be denied; and the limitations of the national faith were not essentially... read more
CHAPTER 25 The Seventy Years’ Captivity and the Judgment of the Nations 1. The retrospect (Jeremiah 25:1-7 ) 2. The seventy years’ captivity announced (Jeremiah 25:8-11 ) 3. The punishment of Babylon and its king (Jeremiah 25:12-14 ) 4. The wine-cup of fury for the nations (Jeremiah 25:15-29 ) 5. The day of the LORD and wrath of God (Jeremiah 25:30-38 ) Jeremiah 25:1-7 . The prophet in the fourth year of Jehoiakim addresses the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:15-38
Judgment on various nations (25:15-38)God is righteous and holy, and in justice pours out his wrath on those who arrogantly defy his authority. His judgment upon wicked nations is likened to a cup of wine given to a person to make him drunk so that he staggers and falls (15-16). Through the spreading conquests of the Babylonian armies, God has punished Judah (17-18), along with a variety of other nations far and near (19-25). But in the end Babylon, the agent God has used to carry out his... read more