Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 25:20
20and all the mingled people, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines, 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 King James Version (NKJV)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);
Context of Jeremiah 25:20
18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with its kings and its princes—to make them an appalling horror and hissing, a curse as it is this day; 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, with his servants, his princes and all his people; and all the mingled people, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; 21Edom, Moab, and Ammon’s children; 22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the coastland 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 people dwelling in the wilderness;
- Jeremiah 50:37A sword on their horses, their chariots, on all the mixed people within her, so they will become like women! A sword on her treasures— so they may be plundered.
- Exodus 12:38Also a mixed multitude went up with them, along with the flocks, herds and heavy livestock.
- Ezekiel 30:5Ethiopia, Put and Lud, all the mixed people, Libya, and children of the covenant land will fall with them by the sword.’”
- Genesis 10:23Aram’s sons were Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash.
- Genesis 22:21Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
- 1 Chronicles 1:17The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud; Aram: Uz, Chul, Geter and Meshech.
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. Now that man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
- Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. To you also will the cup be passed. You will be drunk and stripped naked.
- Jeremiah 47:1The word of Adonai that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza.
- Ezekiel 25:15Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Because the Philistines have acted in revenge and have taken severe vengeance with scornful soul, destroying in unending hatred,
- Amos 1:6Thus says Adonai: “For three crimes of Gaza, even for four, I will not relent. For they exiled an entire population, giving them over to Edom.
- Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon will be a wasteland. Ashdod will be driven out at noon and Ekron will be uprooted.
- Zechariah 9:5Ashkelon will see it and fear. Gaza will writhe in pain as will Ekron because her hope will dry up. The king will perish from Gaza and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
- 1 Samuel 6:17So these are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to Adonai: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron.
- Isaiah 20:1In the year that the Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured 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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