And all the kings of Arabia ,.... Of Arabia Petraea; and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert ; the other Arabians or mixed people, that dwell in Arabia Deserta, as the Scenites, Nomades, Kedarenes, and others; and so the Targum, "and all the kings of the Arabians, that dwell in tents in the desert.' Of these, see the prophecy in Jeremiah 49:28 . read more
The mingled people - Probably the Scenite Arabians. read more
Verse 24 The Prophet now mentions the kings of Arabia, who were neighbors on one side to the Jews. He has hitherto mentioned nations towards the sea; he has named many maritime towns, and also others which were at some distance from the sea, and yet were not remote; for they were towns and countries intermediate between Judea and Syria or Cilicia, or verging towards Cilicia. He now speaks of Arabia, which was between Egypt and Babylon. And though Arabia was divided into three parts; it was... read more
The judgment upon Judah and the nations. read more
All the kings of Arabia . Not "Arabia" in our sense (which is never found in the Old Testament), but the desert region to the east and south-east of Palestine, occupied by nomad or "Ishmaelitish" tribes. The mingled people ; rather, the intermingled people (see on Jeremiah 25:20 ); i.e. probably in this passage populations of a different race interspersed among the Aramaic tribes to which most of the inhabitants of the desert belonged. read more
Arabia - That part which bordered on Palestine, and was inhabited mainly by Ishmaelites.The mingled people - Compare the Jeremiah 25:20 note. In Arabia there seem to have been many tribes of Cushite origin, who by intermarriage with other tribes had become of mixed blood. read more
Jeremiah 25:22-24. And all the kings of Tyrus and Zidon The nobles, or chief men of each city, seem to be meant by kings here, for neither of these cities had more than one king. And the kings of the isles, which are beyond the sea Cyprus, &c., which Nebuchadnezzar subjected. Or, as the Hebrew, האי בעבר הים , is rendered in the margin, The region by the sea-side. For that אי , rendered isle in the text, does not always signify an island, properly so called, is manifest from many... read more
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
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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