Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:24
24. mingled people—not in the same sense as in Jeremiah 25:20; the "motley crowd," so called in contempt (compare Jeremiah 49:28; Jeremiah 49:31; Jeremiah 50:37). By a different pointing it may be translated the "Arabs"; but the repetition of the name is not likely. BLANEY thinks there were two divisions of what we call Arabia, the west (Araba) and the east. The west included Arabia-Petræa and the parts on the sea bordering on Egypt, the land of Cush; the east, Arabia-Felix and Deserta. The... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 25:24
Jeremiah 25:24. The mingled people that dwell in the desert— The Scenites or inhabitants of tents, who dwell, &c. Houbigant. That is, the mixture of people dwelling in that part of Arabia called the Desert; consisting of Nabathaeans, Amalekites, Midianites, and other nations, called in Scripture by the general name of the children of the East. read more