Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 25:22
And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the (r) isles which [are] beyond the sea,
(r) As Greece, Italy and the rest of those countries.
And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the (r) isles which [are] beyond the sea,
(r) As Greece, Italy and the rest of those countries.
Verse Jeremiah 25:22. _TYRUS AND - ZIDON_] The most ancient of all the cities of the Phoenicians. _KINGS OF THE ISLES WHICH_ ARE _BEYOND THE SEA._] As the _Mediterranean_ Sea is most probably meant,...
THE ISLES - Rightly explained in the margin; it probably refers here to Cyprus....
CHAPTER 25 The Seventy Years' Captivity and the Judgment of the Nations _ 1. The retrospect (Jeremiah 25:1) _ 2. The seventy years' captivity announced (Jeremiah 25:8) 3. The punishment of Babylon...
JEREMIAH 25. THE SUPREMACY OF BABYLON OVER JUDAH AND THE NATIONS. Jeremiah 25:1. In the year 604 (after the Babylonian victory over Egypt at Carchemish, 605 B.C., _cf._ Jeremiah 46:2), Jeremiah public...
AND THE KINGS. So in the Mugah Codex (quoted in the _Massorah)_. but other codices, with one early printed edition, read "and all the kings". ISLES. coast-land, or maritime country. ARE. Supply "is...
The wine-cup of the Lord's fury to be drunk by all the nations. For confusion and dismay, expressed under the figure of intoxication, see below. Overthrow at the hands of the Chaldaeans is to be the...
_Zidon_ the ordinary form of the name in the O.T. Cp. Jeremiah 27:3; Jeremiah 47:4. Sidon, as the Greek form, is that which occurs in the N.T. _isle_ mg. _coastland_, lit. where a mariner betakes hims...
THE ISLES, &C.— That is to say, _The region about the Mediterranean sea._...
C. Judgment on Surrounding Nations Jeremiah 25:15-29 TRANSLATION (15) For thus says the LORD, God of Israel, unto me: Take this cup of wine, wrath, from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I am...
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, ALL THE KINGS OF TYRUS - the petty kings of the various dependencies of Tyre. ISLES -...
25:22 isles (b-18) Or 'maritime countries.'...
JEREMIAH'S FOURTEENTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM). THE WINE CUP OF GOD'S FURY We have here the first closely dated prophecy, taking us back from Zedekih's reign to the fourth year of Jehoiakim, betw...
ISLES] RV 'isle,' RM 'coastland,' a phrase denoting generally the region W. of Palestine, with special reference to the Grecian Archipelago....
THE ISLES WHICH ARE BEYOND THE SEA. — Better, _island._ The Hebrew word is in the singular, and is properly, as in the margin, a “region by the sea-side” — a “coast-land,” and thus wider in its extent...
וְ אֵת֙ כָּל ־מַלְכֵי ־צֹ֔ר וְ אֵ֖ת
CHAPTER XVI JEHOVAH AND THE NATIONS Jeremiah 25:15 "Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations."- Jeremiah 25:31 As the son of a king only learns very gradually that his father's authority and act...
Still speaking to Zedekiah, Jeremiah reminded him of the word which came in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. It was a message announcing the judgment of God against Judah, Babylon, the nations, the world...
_Kings. Ithobaal (Josephus, Antiquities x. 11.) had many governors under him. Nabuchodonosor besieged Tyre for 13 years, Ezechiel xxvi., &c. --- Sea, or Gibraltar. See Jos.[Josephus?], sup. v. 22. (Ha...
This scripture can need no other comment, than what is contained in Revelation 14:10. By Jeremiah's taking the cup, and making all these nations drink of it, is meant, making them to hear and know tha...
As to the word _Island, _the number is to be changed; for the Prophet means not one island, but the countries beyond the sea. Some restrict the reference to Cyprus, Crete, Mitylene, and other islands...
Chapter 25 closes, so to say, this part of the prophecy with a general summary of God's judgments on the earth, giving it into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. The immediate application to events already a...
AND ALL THE KINGS OF TYRUS, AND ALL THE KINGS OF ZIDON,.... Two very ancient cities in Phoenicia, frequently mentioned together in Scripture, being near each other. Their ruin is foretold in Jeremiah...
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which [are] beyond the sea, Ver. 22. _And all the kings of the isles._] As Cyprus, Rhodes, and the Cyclades, subdued...
_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...
and all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, the representative cities of Phenicia on the Mediterranean Sea, AND THE KINGS OF THE ISLES WHICH ARE BEYOND THE SEA, all the distant countries a...
THE JUDGMENT ON THE KINGDOMS...
ISLES: Or, region by the Sea side...
15-29 The evil and the good events of life are often represented in Scripture as cups. Under this figure is represented the desolation then coming upon that part of the world, of which Nebuchadnezzar...
TYRUS was a strong city upon the borders of the tribe of Asher, JOSHUA 19:29 2 SAMUEL 24:7, a very rich city, and a kingdom, with the king of which (who was Hiram) Solomon in his time traded much, 2 C...
Jeremiah 25:22 kings H4428 Tyre H6865 kings H4428 Sidon H6721 kings H4428 coastlands H339 across H5676 sea H3220
ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE MADE TO DRINK FROM THE CUP OF YHWH'S WRATH AGAINST SIN AND IDOLATRY (JEREMIAH 25:15). In these remarkable words the destinies of all nations are seen as in YHWH's hands. And th...
SUBSECTION 8). JEREMIAH SUMMARISES HIS MINISTRY BEFORE THE PEOPLE AND AFTER DECLARING WHAT IS TO COME ON JUDAH PROCLAIMS THE JUDGMENT OF YHWH THAT IS COMING ON ALL NATIONS (JEREMIAH 25:1). This final...
CONTENTS: Prophecy of seventy years' captivity. Sign of the wine cup of fury. CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: Men would never receive from God the desolating pu...
Jeremiah 25:1. _In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the first year of Nebuchadrezzar._ Daniel says the third year, Daniel 1:1. The campaign could not be less than a year; the variation arises from the per...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER: “_Fourth year of Jehoiakim_” (Jeremiah 25:1). It is stated the _third_ year in Daniel 1:1; but Hales (“Sacred Chron.”) shows that Jehoiakim...
EXPOSITION This chapter may be illustrated by a comparison of it with Jeremiah 46:1. There Jeremiah exults ever the destruction of a nation (Egypt) which was one of the chief enemies of God's people,...
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 25:1). So now we're going back in time. This was before Zedekiah was king. This was when Jeh...
Amos 1:10; Amos 1:3; Amos 1:9; Ezekiel 28:1; Ezekiel 28:22;...
Beyond the sea — Probably those parts of Syria that coasted upon the mid — land sea....