The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 25:25

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Zimri. The Zimri were a people to the northeast of Assyria, against whom various Assyrian kings waged war. Whether they axe to be connected with the Zimran of Genesis 25:2 seems doubtful; their locality hardly suits.

Elam. Elam, one of the most ancient monarchies in the world (comp. Genesis 14:1-24.), is again coupled with Media in Isaiah 21:2. It was a region on the east of the lower Tigris, bounded westward by Babylonia, northward by Assyria and Media, southward by the Persian Gulf.

To say that it is put either here or anywhere else in the Old Testament for the whole of Persia seems a mistake, as the Persians were hardly known before the time of Cyrus.

More for Jeremiah 25:25

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 25:1-38Jeremiah 25:1-38 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION This chapter may be illustrated by a comparison of it with Jeremiah 46:1-28. There Jeremiah exults ever the destruction of a nation (Egypt) which was one of the chief enemies of God's people, and on hearing o…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 25:12-29Jeremiah 25:12-29 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe judgment upon Judah and the nations.Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:15-29Jeremiah 25:15-29 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe 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 re…The Cup of Wrath; General Desolation. (b. c. 607.)Jeremiah 25:15-29 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE CUP OF WRATH; GENERAL DESOLATION. (B. C. 607.) Under the similitude of a cup going round, which all the company must drink of, is here represented the universal desolation that was now coming upon that part of the w…

commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 25:1-38EXPOSITION This chapter may be illustrated by a comparison of it with Jeremiah 46:1-28. There Jeremiah exults ever the destruction of a nation (Egypt) which was one of the chief enemies of God's people, and on hearing o…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 25:12-29The judgment upon Judah and the nations.Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryMatthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:15-29The 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 re…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Cup of Wrath; General Desolation. (b. c. 607.)THE CUP OF WRATH; GENERAL DESOLATION. (B. C. 607.) Under the similitude of a cup going round, which all the company must drink of, is here represented the universal desolation that was now coming upon that part of the w…Matthew Henry