And all the kings of Zimri ,.... Of Arabia Felix, so called from Zimran, a son of Abraham by Keturah, Genesis 25:2 ; the same whom Pliny F14 Nat. Hist. I. 6. c. 28. calls Zamerenes; and all the kings of Elam ; or Persia; who are prophesied against in Jeremiah 49:34 ; and all the kings of the Medes ; who commonly go together with the Persians. read more
Zimri - Descendants of Abraham, by Keturah, Genesis 25:2 , Genesis 25:6 . Elam - Called Elymais by the Greeks, was on the south frontier of Media, to the north of Susiana, not far from Babylon. read more
Verse 25 He now mentions nations more remote, but whose fame was more known among the Jews. We, indeed, know that the Elamites, who dwelt between Media and Persia, had ever been people of great repute. As to Media, it was a very large kingdom and wealthy, abounding in all delicacies; and we also know how fond of display were the Medes. With regard to Zimri, (144) it was an obscure nation in comparison with the Elamites and the Medes. The Prophet, however, intimates that every part of the earth,... read more
The judgment upon Judah and the nations. read more
Zimri . The Zimri were a people to the northeast of Assyria, against whom various Assyrian kings waged war. Whether they axe to be connected with the Zimran of Genesis 25:2 seems doubtful; their locality hardly suits. Elam. Elam, one of the most ancient monarchies in the world (comp. Genesis 14:1-24 .), is again coupled with Media in Isaiah 21:2 . It was a region on the east of the lower Tigris, bounded westward by Babylonia, northward by Assyria and Media, southward by the Persian... read more
Zimri - Probably a district between Arabia and Persia. “Elam” is put in Scripture for the whole of Persia. read more
Jeremiah 25:25-26. All the kings of Zimri Those descended from Zimran, one of Abraham’s sons, by Keturah; all of whom he sent to settle in the east country, Genesis 25:2; Genesis 25:6. It is probable that these descendants of Zimran were the same that Pliny mentions among the inhabitants of Arabia, by the name of Zamareni. And all the kings of Elam Namely, of Persia. And all the kings of the Medes Who were descended from Madai, the son of Japhet. The Medes and Persians were commonly... 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