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Jeremiah 25:24
24all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the wilderness;
Jeremiah 25:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
- English Standard Version (ESV)all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
- New King James Version (NKJV)all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed multitude who dwell in the desert;
- New Living Translation (NLT)I gave it to the kings of Arabia, the kings of the nomadic tribes of the desert,
Context of Jeremiah 25:24
22all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; 23Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant places; all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the wilderness; 25all the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media; 26and all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak will drink it too.
Read all of Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 25:24 word by word
וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־מַלְכֵ֣י עֲרָ֑ב וְאֵת֙ כָּל־מַלְכֵ֣י הָעֶ֔רֶב הַשֹּׁכְנִ֖ים בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:24
- 1 Kings 10:15not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.
- 2 Chronicles 9:14not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.
- Isaiah 21:13A prophecy against Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
- Ezekiel 27:21“ ‘Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.
- Jeremiah 25:20and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (those of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod);
- Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked: This is what the Lord says: “Arise, and attack Kedar and destroy the people of the East.
- Jeremiah 50:37A sword against her horses and chariots and all the foreigners in her ranks! They will become weaklings. A sword against her treasures! They will be plundered.
- Genesis 25:2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
- Genesis 37:25As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.
- Ezekiel 30:5Cush and Libya, Lydia and all Arabia, Kub and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24The mingled people - Probably the Scenite Arabians.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Arabia - That part which bordered on Palestine, and was inhabited mainly by Ishmaelites. The mingled people - Compare the Jeremiah 25:20 note. In Arabia there seem to have been many tribes of Cushite origin, who by intermarriage with other tribes had become of mixed blood.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. 2424. mingled people--not in the same sense as in Jr 25:20; the "motley crowd," so called in contempt (compare Jr 49:28, 31; 50:37). By a different pointing it may be translated the "Arabs"; but the repetition of the name is not likely. Blaney thinks there were two divisions of what we call Arabia, the west (Araba) and the east. The west included Arabia-Petræa and the parts on the sea bordering on Egypt, the land of Cush; the east, Arabia-Felix and Deserta…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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