Jeremiah 25:18-26

Jeremiah sent messages of judgment to Jerusalem and Judah, Egypt, the land of Uz (to the east, Job 1:1), Philistia, Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon and their colonies in the Mediterranean, the desert areas of Dedan and Tema (both southeast of Edom), Buz (possibly in northern Arabia), some desert Arab tribes and nations, Zimri (perhaps between Arabia and Persia), Elam and Media (east of the Tigris River), other nations farther north and everywhere else, and Babylon. The name "Sheshach" (Jeremiah 25:26) is apparently a code name for Babylon that the writer may have used when writing under Babylonian scrutiny. [Note: See Feinberg, p. 535. The same code, called atbash, occurs in 51:1 and 41 (cf. 1 Peter 5:13). For further explanation of this code, see Dyer, "Jeremiah," p. 1162.] Babylon conquered all these other nations.