New King James Version
Jeremiah 25:20
20all the mixed multitude, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);
Jeremiah 25:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
- New International Version (NIV)and 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);
- English Standard Version (ESV)and all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);
- New Living Translation (NLT)along with all the foreigners living in that land. I also gave it to all the kings of the land of Uz and the kings of the Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod.
Context of Jeremiah 25:20
18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people; all the mixed multitude, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod); 21Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon; 22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea;
Read all of Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 25:20 word by word
וְאֵת֙ כָּל־הָעֶ֔רֶב וְאֵ֕ת כָּל־מַלְכֵ֖י אֶ֣רֶץ הָע֑וּץ וְאֵ֗ת כָּל־מַלְכֵי֙ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְאֶת־אַשְׁקְל֤וֹן וְאֶת־עַזָּה֙ וְאֶת־עֶקְר֔וֹן וְאֵ֖ת שְׁאֵרִ֥ית אַשְׁדּֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And all the mingledעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
- people, and all the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of Uzעוּץ‛ûts · UzH5780
- of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
- and Ashkelonאַשְׁקְלוֹן'ashqelôn · AshkelonH831
- and Azzahעַזָּה‛azzâh · GazaH5804
- and Ekronעֶקְרוֹן‛eqrôn · EkronH6138
- and the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
- of Ashdodאַשְׁדּוֹד'ashdôd · AshdodH795
Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:20
- Jeremiah 25:24all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed multitude who dwell in the desert;
- Jeremiah 50:37A sword is against their horses, Against their chariots, And against all the mixed peoples who are in her midst; And they will become like women. A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.
- Exodus 12:38A mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds—a great deal of livestock.
- Ezekiel 30:5“Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword.”
- Genesis 10:23The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
- Genesis 22:21Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
- 1 Chronicles 1:17The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
- Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, You who dwell in the land of Uz! The cup shall also pass over to you And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.
- Jeremiah 47:1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
- Ezekiel 25:15‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred,”
- Amos 1:6Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they took captive the whole captivity To deliver them up to Edom.
- Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted.
- Zechariah 9:5Ashkelon shall see it and fear; Gaza also shall be very sorrowful; And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation. The king shall perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
- 1 Samuel 6:17These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;
- Isaiah 20:1In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,
Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20All the mingled people - The strangers and foreigners; Abyssinians and others who had settled in Egypt. Land of Uz - A part of Arabia near to Idumea. See on Job 1:1; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20The mingled people - Either auxiliaries; or, rather, a constituent portion of the people of Egypt, who were not of pure blood. Azzah - i. e., Gaza. The remnant of Ashdod - A sentence which none but a contemporary writer could have used. Psammetichus, after a siege of 29 years, had captured and destroyed Ashdod, except for a feeble remnant.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. 19-20Many refugees who fled from Judah and nearby countries to Egypt when the Babylonians invaded heard the prophet's message. Uz was a region on Arabia's northern border. Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod were Philistine cities near the Mediterranean Sea.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. mingled people--mercenary foreign troops serving under Pharaoh-hophra in the time of Jeremiah. The employment of these foreigners provoked the native Egyptians to overthrow him. Psammetichus, father of Pharaoh-necho, also had given a settlement in Egypt to Ionian and Carian adventurers [Herodotus, 2.152, 154]. (Compare Jr 50:37; see on Is 19:2, 3; Is 20:1; Eze 30:5. The term is first found in Ex 12:38. Uz--in the geographical order here, between Egypt…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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