John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:23
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz ,.... These seem to be places in Edom or Idumea, of whose destruction Jeremiah prophesies in Jeremiah 49:7 ; or rather in Arabia and Mesopotamia. Jerom reckons them among the Ishmaelites and Saracens, The persons from whom they descended are mentioned in Genesis 22:21 ; and all that are in the utmost corners ; that is, either of the above countries, or of the whole earth: or "all that had their hair shorn" F13 כל קצוצי פאה "universis qui attonsi... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 25:15-29
Under the similitude of a cup going round, which all the company must drink of, is here represented the universal desolation that was now coming upon that part of the world which Nebuchadrezzar, who just now began to reign and act, was to be the instrument of, and which should at length recoil upon his own country. The cup in the vision is to be a sword in the accomplishment of it: so it is explained, Jer. 25:16. It is the sword that I will send among them, the sword of war, that should be... read more