New English Translation
Jeremiah 25:23
23the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples;
Jeremiah 25:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
- New International Version (NIV)Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant places;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners;
Context of Jeremiah 25:23
21all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon; 22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea; the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples; 24all the kings of Arabia who live in the desert; 25all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; all the kings of Media;
Read all of Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 25:23 word by word
וְאֶת־דְּדָ֤ן וְאֶת־תֵּימָא֙ וְאֶת־בּ֔וּז וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־קְצוּצֵ֥י פֵאָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:23
- Jeremiah 49:8Turn and flee! Take up refuge in remote places, you people who live in Dedan. For I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau. I have decided it is time for me to punish them.
- Genesis 10:7The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
- Genesis 22:21Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
- Genesis 25:15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
- Job 6:19The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.
- Isaiah 21:13Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans.
- Ezekiel 25:13So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her, and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die by the sword.
- Ezekiel 27:20Dedan was your client in saddlecloths for riding.
- Jeremiah 9:1(8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
- Jeremiah 26:1The Lord spoke to Jeremiah at the beginning of the reign of Josiah’s son, King Jehoiakim of Judah.
- Jeremiah 49:32Their camels will be taken as plunder. Their vast herds will be taken as spoil. I will scatter to the four winds those desert peoples who cut their hair short at the temples. I will bring disaster against them from every direction,” says the Lord.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Dedan - 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Dedan - See the Isaiah 21:13 note. Buz - See Job 32:2 note. All that are - See the marginal reference note.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-29Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-26Dedan, Tema, Buz, and Zimri were in the desert area east of the Jordan Valley, north of Arabia. Elam and Media, located in the highlands east of Babylon, formed the core of the Persian Empire. This empire conquered Babylon in 539 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. Dedan--north of Arabia (Ge 25:3, 4). Tema ... Buz--neighboring tribes north of Arabia (Job 32:2). all ... in ... utmost corners--rather, "having the hair cut in angles," a heathenish custom (see on Jr 9:26).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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