Jeremiah 25:9 ASV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:8-9

Jeremiah 25:8-9. Therefore, because ye have not heard That is, because ye have not hearkened to, nor obeyed my words, Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, &c. All those kings whose territories lie northward of Judea, and particularly Nebuchadnezzar, who, in this work, shall be my servant; and will bring them against this land, &c. I will lead, as commander in chief, them and their armies up against this people; and I will deprive you of all hopes of safety... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-14

Seventy years captivity (25:1-14)Babylon conquered Egypt in 605 BC (the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign according to Judean reckoning, the third year of his reign according to Babylonian reckoning; cf. Daniel 1:1-6). Judah therefore came for the first time under the direct control of Babylon. Jeremiah now clearly sees his prophecies being fulfilled before his eyes. He reminds the people that for over twenty years he has been bringing God’s message to them but they have not listened (25:1-3).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 25:9

My servant. Compare Isaiah 45:1 . and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6 . astonishment. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:37 ). Compare Jeremiah 25:18 . perpetual = age-abiding. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole), for a long time. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:9

9. the north—(see on :-). The Medes and other northern peoples, confederate with Babylon, are included with the Chaldeans. my servant—My agent for punishing (Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 43:10; compare Jeremiah 40:2). Compare Jeremiah 40:2- :; Cyrus, "My shepherd." God makes even unbelievers unconsciously to fulfil His designs. A reproof to the Jews, who boasted that they were the servants of God; yet a heathen king is to be more the servant of God than they, and that as the agent of their... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 25:1-14

The length of the exile and Babylon’s fate 25:1-14Chapter 25 serves as a capstone for all of Jeremiah’s previous prophecies. The prophet’s perspective now broadens quickly to include the whole world and divine judgments ordained for it. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 25:8-9

The Lord announced that because they had not obeyed Him, He would bring Nebuchadnezzar down from the north, and destroy them and their neighbor nations with an awful, everlasting devastation. Nebuchadnezzar was the Lord’s servant in the same sense Cyrus was (cf. Isaiah 44:28 to Isaiah 45:1); he served the Lord by carrying out His will, for the most part unwittingly (cf. Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 43:10; Acts 2:23). Since God’s people would not listen to His servants the prophets (Jeremiah 25:4),... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:1-38

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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 25:9

(9) The families of the north.—The phrase reminds us of the vision of “the seething pot from the face of the north” in Jeremiah 1:13, and includes all the mingled races, Scythians and others, who owned the sway of the Chaldæan king.Nebuchadrezzar . . . my servant.—The use of the word which is applied by psalmists and prophets to David (Psalms 78:70; 2 Samuel 7:8) and to the future Christ (Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 52:13) is every way remarkable. It has its parallel, and, in fact, its explanation, in... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 25:1-38

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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 25:9

25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the {e} families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my {f} servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations {g} around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an horror, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.(e) The Chaldeans and all their power.(f) So the wicked and Satan himself are God’s servants, because he makes them serve him by constraint and turns... read more