Jeremiah 25:23

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, DEDAN - North of Arabia (). TEMA AND BUZ - neighbouring tribes north of Arabia (). AND ALL THAT ARE IN THE UTMOST CORNERS - rather, 'having the hair cut in angles,' a paganish custom (see note, )....

I shall now only touch briefly on the _extreme ones in a corner, _or those bounded by a corner, who were almost unknown to the Jews on account of their distance. (142) After having spoken of nations so very remote, that he might not by prolixity be tedious, he mentions _all the extreme ones in a corner, _that is, those who were bounded by the farthest limits. As to _Dedan, Tema, and Buz, _we know that these countries derived their names from their founders. Who Dedan was, we learn from Moses, and also who Tema and Buz were. (Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 5:14.) Two of them were descendants of Abraham by Keturah. (143) There is no need of saying more of these countries, for they are not known by us at this day, and we cannot learn from geographers the extent of any of these countries;

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, who had just began to reign and act, was to be the instrument; but this destroying sword would come from the hand of God. The desolations the sword should make in all these kingdoms, are represented by the consequences of excessive drinking. This may make us loathe the sin of drunkenness, that the consequences of it are used to set forth such a woful condition. Drunkenness deprives men of the use of their reason, makes men as mad. It takes from them the valuable blessing, health; and is a sin which is its own punishment. This may also make us dread the judgments of war. It soon fills a nation with confusion. They will refuse to take the cup at thy hand. They will not believe Jeremiah; but...

Verse Jeremiah 25:23. _DEDAN_] Was son of Abraham, by Keturah, Genesis 25:3. _TEMA_] Was one of the sons of Ishmael, in the north of Arabia, Genesis 36:15. _BUZ_] Brother of _Uz_, descendants of Nahor, brother of Abraham, settled in Arabia Deserta, Genesis 22:21....

DEDAN - See the Isaiah 21:13 note. BUZ - See Job 32:2 note. ALL THAT ARE ... - See the marginal reference note....

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, and on hearing or reading the inspired eloquence of the prophet the heart of a Jew could not but be moved with the liveliest sympathy. But it is another strain which meets us in this chapter, and one which to a Jew would certainly neutralize the favorable feelings which prophecies like that referred to must have awakened. Here Jeremiah announces that the last moment of grace for Judah is past, and the time for judgment come. The long-suffering of Jehovah has been exhausted; the fall of the commonwealth cannot any longer be delayed. Such was the strange destiny of the prophet; he was sent to "pull down" and "to build," but the destructive element (as...

DEDAN, AND TEMA, AND BUZ,.... These seem to be places in Edom or Idumea, of whose destruction Jeremiah prophesies in Jeremiah 49:7; or rather in Arabia and Mesopotamia. Jerom reckons them among the Ishmaelites and Saracens, The persons from whom they descended are mentioned in Genesis 22:21; AND ALL [THAT ARE] IN THE UTMOST CORNERS; that is, either of the above countries, or of the whole earth: or "all that had their hair shorn" m; or the corners of their beards; which Jerom says is applicable to the Saracens. m כל קצוצי פאה "universis qui attonsi sunt in comam", V. L. "barbitonsis", Syr....

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 and its king (Jeremiah 25:12) 4. The wine-cup of fury for the nations (Jeremiah 25:15) 5. The day of the LORD and wrath of God (Jeremiah 25:30) Jeremiah 25:1. The prophet in the fourth year o

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 publicly reviews his ministry (since 626; _cf._ Jeremiah 1:2)_._ which has failed to produce repentance (Jeremiah 25:1). As a result, Yahweh will bring the victorious Babylonians against both Judah and the surrounding peoples to lay them waste, and the supremacy of Babylon shall last seventy years. Jeremiah 25:10. the so

DEDAN. On the borders of Edom (Jeremiah 49:8; Ezekiel 25:13). TEMA, AND BUZ. The country of Elihu. See Job 32:2 and note on p. 666. THAT ARE IN THE UTMOST CORNERS. all with their hair clipped at the corners....