Jeremiah 25

Jeremiah 25:1

THe word that came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2. & 2. 1.

in the fourth yeer of Jehoiakim] See Chap. 36. 1.

the first yeer of Nebuchadrezzar] The first yeer of whose reign comprehended part of the third yeer of Jehoiakims reign, and part of his fourth, Daniel 1:1. in which yeer he surprised Jerusalem; and took with him thence divers youths of the bloud roiall to be brought up in his court; Daniel 1:2. yet left Johoiakim still king; but holding his crown from him, as he did from Pharaoh Nechoh before: who continued loiall to him three yeers; but after three yeers end revolted from him: whereupon he returned, took him, and carried him away captive: 2 Kings 24:2. 2 Chronicles 36:6. Ezekiel 19:9.

Jeremiah 25:3

From the thirteenth yeer of Josiah] What time the prophet was first called unto this office, Chap. 1. 2.

rising early and speaking] Sparing no diligence or labour, Chap. 7. 13. Psalms 101:8. Withall alluding to the time of the morning meeting for Gods solemn service, Numbers 28:4. 2 Kings 3:20. Acts 2:15. at which time it is likely the prophet usually preached; there being then the greatest concourse of people in the Temple.

Jeremiah 25:4

rising early and sending] Chap. 29. 19.

Jeremiah 25:5

Turn ye again now, &c.] They laboured with one consent to reclaim you from your evill courses; your idolatry especially, which ye have alwayes been too much addicted unto. 2 Kings 17:13. Chap. 18. 11. & 35. 15. Jo 3. 8.

and dwell in the land] Or, so shall ye dwell in the land. Psalms 37:27.

Jeremiah 25:6

provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands] Your idols, Chap. 32. 30.

Jeremiah 25:7

that ye might, &c.] Chap. 7. 18.

provoke me to anger] Psal. 78. 40, 58. & 106. 29. 42.

to your own hurt] Not mine: whom no wickednesse of yours can reach to, nor do the least harm. Chap. 7. 19. Job 35:6. 8.

Jeremiah 25:8

ye have not heard my words] Hearkened to them, and yeelded obedience thereunto. Vers. 3. 4.

Jeremiah 25:9

I will send and take all the families of the north] The Chaldeans, with all their power. Chap. 1. 15. & 4. 6. & 6. 22.

the king of Babylon my servant] Who shall do me service in chastising you, Chap. 27. 6. & 43. 10. Ezekiel 29:18; Ezekiel 29:20. Thus the wicked, and Satan himself, are Gods servants, Psal. 119 91. because he employeth them, and maketh use of them; though contrary to their own intentions, Isa. 10. 5,-7. and turneth what they do, out of evill grounds, and for sinister ends, to his own glory, and the good of his, Psalms 76:10. Chap. 24. 5.

against all these nations round about] To wit, the Philistines, Ammonites, Egyptians and others, 2 Kings 24:7. Chap. 46. 26. and 48. and 49.

make them an astonishment] Chap. 19. 8. Vers. 18.

perpetuall desolations] Heb. desolations of perpetuitie. Isaiah 58:12. Vers. 12.

Jeremiah 25:10

I will take from them, &c.] Heb. I will cause to perish from them. Obad. 8.

the voyce of mirth] Chap. 7. 34. & 16. 9. Ezekiel 26:13. Hosea 2:11.

the sound of the mill-stones] For want of grist, Ecclesiastes 12:4. Revelation 18:12. Meaning, that bread, and whatsoever served either for their jolitie or sustenance, should be taken away, Isaiah 3:1.

Jeremiah 25:11

these nations shall serve the king of Babylon] Not one; but three of them successively, one after another. Chap. 27. 7.

seventie yeers] The tearm and stint of their captivitie is precisely set down, for the better confirmation of the truth of his prophecie, and the support of the faithfull during the captivitie in an hopefull expectation of their deliverance, when that time was expired: Daniel 9:2. and these seventy yeers commence, not from the fourth yeer of Jehoiakims reign; (though this were by the Prophet here then fore-told, Vers. 1.) about which time Nebuchadnezzar, having subdued those parts, may seem to have taken Jerusalem, and taken thence Daniel with some other of the bloud roiall, Daniel 1:1-2. for Jehoiakim continued his reign seven yeers after that, 2 Kings 23:36. 2 Chronicles 36:5. nor is there mention of any considerable number, carried away during his reign; neither do they begin at the eleventh yeer of Zedekiahs reign; though the citie were then surprised and sacked; and the land much more then before dispeopled, by a second captivitie more generall then the former: 2 King. 25. 2,—11. 2 Chronicles 36:17,—20. but at the captivitie of Jehoiachin, otherwise called Jechoniah, 2 King. 24. 10,—16. Chap. 22. 25, 26. as appeareth by Ezekiel 40:1. where the captivitie is said to have begun eleven yeers before the sacking of the citie; and Ezekiel 33:21. where the tidings thereof are said to have been brought to Ezekiel abiding among the captives, in the twelfth yeer of the captivitie. See also Chap. 24. 1. & 28. 4. & 29. 1, 2.

Jeremiah 25:12

it shall come to passe, &c.] 2 Chron. 36. 21, 22. Ezr. 1. 1. Chap. 29. 10. Daniel 9:2.

when seventy yeers are accomplished] Out of which seventie, six and thirtie compleat are of Nebuchadnezzars reign: Chap. 52. 31. the other thirtie and foure are to be divided between Evilmerodach and Belshazzar, Daniel 5:1. unlesse some vacation, or usurpation (which some think) came between their two reigns. See Chap. 37. 7.

I will punish the king of Babylon] As he did with Ashur before. Isaiah 10:12. Heb. visit upon. Chap. 23. 34.

will make it perpetuall desolations] See Isaiah 13:19. & Isaiah 14:23. Chap. 50. 40. & 51. 26. Heb. desolations of perpetuitie. Vers. 9.

Jeremiah 25:14

many nations and great Kings] Or, great nations, &c. Psalms 25:11. The Medes and Persians, with their complices, under the conduct of Darius and Cyrus, Isaiah 13:4. Daniel 5:28. 31. & 10. 1. & 11. 1.

shall serve themselves of them also] Or, bring them, evn them also into servitude. as Exodus 1:14. Chap. 22. 13. See Chap. 27. 7. them, to wit, the Babylonians. Vers. 12.

I will recompense them, &c.] Psalms 28:4. Chap. 51. 24.

Jeremiah 25:15

Take the wine-cup of this furie] Or, this wine-cup of furie. Revelation 14:10. That direfull potion of affliction, that God hath tempered and allotted a portion of unto each of them: though to his own with an allay and mixture of mercy, Hab. 3. 2. to the rest with a deeper and larger measure of wrath. Vers. 27. Job 21:20. Psalms 11:6. & Psalms 75:8. Isaiah 51:17.

Jeremiah 25:16

they shall drink, and be moved] Or, be tossed. or, tosse themselves to and fro. Chap. 5. 22. as men unquiet with drink in their brains, or in distemper of frensie, are wont to do, Proverbs 23:34.

and be mad] Ezekiel 23:34. Chap. 51. 7.

Jeremiah 25:17

Then took I the cup at the LORDS hand, and made all the nations to drink] Either in vision; or by denunciation. Chap. 27. 4.

Jeremiah 25:18

an astonishment, &c.] Vers. 9.

as it is this day] Or, as appeareth this day. Deut. 4. 20, 38. & 8. 18. 1 Kings 8:24. As already is begun, and may be seen in the invasion of the land, and devastation of it by the Chaldean forces and their complices. 2 Kings 24:2. Though some think, that the Prophet hath relation here to the time, not when he first uttered, but when afterward he penned, and in writing published, this together with the rest of his prophecies: which seemeth not so probable.

Jeremiah 25:20

all the mingled people] The severall nations hereafter named; whose borders mingled one with another: or rather, a certain people of Arabia, that lived wildly, wandring from place to place, and being a mixture of divers nations, Genesis 14:1. Ezekiel 30:5. Chap. 50. 37.

the land of Ʋz,] Part of the East countrey, bordering upon Idumea, Job 1:1. Lamentations 4:21. so called, either of Uz the sonne of Aram; Genesis 10:23. or of Uz descended from Seir, Genesis 36:28.

Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron] Cities of the Philistines. 1 Samuel 6:17.

the remnant of Ashdod] Because, as is supposed, the father of Pharaoh Nechoh an Egyptian King had long besieged, and much impaired that citie. Herodotus lib. 2. Or, because it had been sacked and much wasted by Tartan, one of Senacheribs commanders, Isaiah 20:1. So Chap. 47. 4.

Jeremiah 25:21

Edom] Chap. 49. 7. Lamentations 4:21.

Moab] Chap. 48.

Ammon] Chap. 49. 1.

Jeremiah 25:22

the kings of Tyrus] Either kings of severall colonies thence sent abroad, and countries thence peopled: or pettie kings, vassals to the hereditary crown of that Estate. Or, kings, for princes, rulers: Chap. 17. 20. and 19. 3. & 20. 5. the rather so tearmed here for their state and wealth, Isaiah 23:8. See Chap. 47. 4.

the kings of the isles] Or, region; or, countrey; or, land. Isaiah 21:6. and 41 1.

which are beyond the sea] Or, by the sea side. Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 1:5. As Greece, Italy, and the like, severed from Judea by the midland Sea. Or rather, those parts of Syria, that coast along upon the Sea. Chap. 49. 23.

Jeremiah 25:23

Dedan] People of Arabia, descended, either from Dedan the sonne of Chush, Genesis 10:7. or of Dedan nephew to Abraham by Keturah, Genesis 25:3. Chap. 49. 28.

Tema] Of the posteritie of Ishmael, Genesis 25:15.

Buz] Of the issue of Nachor, Genesis 22:21.

that are in the utmost corners] Heb. cut off into corners. Or, having the corners of the hair polled. Chap. 9. 26. & 49. 32.

Jeremiah 25:24

all the kings of Arabia] 2 Chron. 9. 14.

of the mingled people] Chap. 49. 31. Vers. 20.

Jeremiah 25:25

Zimri] Of Zimram, Abrahams sonne by Keturah, Genesis 25:2.

Elam] The Persians descended of Sem, Genesis 10:22. Chap. 49. 34.

Medes] Isaiah 13:17.

Jeremiah 25:26

the kings of the north] Chap. 1. 15. Vers. 9.

one with another] Heb. a man with his brother. Chap. 13. 14.

the king of Sheshach] That is, Babylon, Chap. 51. 41. who cometh here last; because most of them were to drink before him, and by him; and he afterward, by some of them, Vers. 14.

Jeremiah 25:27

rise no more] Isaiah 26:14. Chap. 51. 64.

Jeremiah 25:28

Ye shall certainly drink] Heb. drinking drink. Chap. 49. 12.

Jeremiah 25:29

I begin to bring evil] Or, I bring evil. A kind of circumlocution usuall in Scripture, Genesis 6:1. Deuteronomy 3:24. Jon. 3. 4. Acts 1:1. & Acts 11:15. with 10. 44.

on the citie which is called by my name] Heb. upon which my name is called. Chap. 7. 10. & 32. 34. On Jerusalem. For judgement beginneth at Gods house, Ezekiel 9:6. 1 Peter 4:17. and others therefore must look to be surely and sorely punished, Luke 23:31. 1 Peter 4:17-18.

and should ye be utterly unpunished] Heb. being acquited be acquited. Chap. 30. 11.

I will call for a sword] Heb. I am calling for a sword. See Ezekiel 14:17.

Jeremiah 25:30

The LORD shall roare] Joel 3. 16. Amos 1:2.

from on high] From heaven, the place of his glorious residence, Psalms 76:8. Isaiah 63:15. Romans 1:18.

from his holy habitation] Heb. habitation of holinesse. Psalms 68:5.

mightly roare] Heb. roaring roare.

upon his habitation] Upon Jerusalem, and the Temple there; the speciall place of his wonted gracious abode, Psalms 132:14.

give a shout] Heb. answer. or, sing out (as 1 Samuel 21:11. and 1 Samuel 29:5.) a shout, or, an alarm. Chap. 51. 14.

as they that tread the grapes] As they use to shout at the bringing in of harvest and vintage, Isaiah 16:9. Chap. 48. 33.

against all the inhabitants of the earth] Isaiah 34:1-2.

Jeremiah 25:31

he will plead with all flesh] Chap. 45. 5.

Jeremiah 25:32

a great whirlwind] An horrible impression, striking in like a whirlwind, and bearing down, or carrying all away before it, Isa. 30. 28, 30. Chap. 4. 11, 12.

from the coasts of the earth] Or, utmost coasts. Heb. sides. Chap. 6. 22.

Jeremiah 25:33

the slain of the LORD] Slain by his purpose and appointment. Vers. 29. Zeph. 2. 12.

they shall not be lamented] Chap. 16. 4.

they shall be dung upon the ground] Chap. 8. 2.

Jeremiah 25:34

Howl] Chap. 4. 8. & 6. 26.

ye shepherds] Rulers, and governours. Chap. 22. 22. & 23. 1.

wallow your selves in the ashes] Micah 1:10.

ye principall of the flock] Master-shepherds, chief governours. Or, the greatest and wealthiest among the people, Ezekiel 34:16; Ezekiel 34:18.

the dayes of your slaughter] Heb. your dayes for slaughter.

are accomplished] Are fully come. Luke 2:6. Acts 2:1.

ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel] Heb. a vessel of desire. Hosea 13:15. Nahum 2:9. Or, pretious vessel. Such as are soonest and easiest broken, for their finenesse: Or, that are of much esteem, while they are whole; but of no worth, when once broken. Psalms 31:12. Chap. 22. 28.

Jeremiah 25:35

the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principall of the flock to escape] Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escaping from, &c. Amos 2:14.

Jeremiah 25:36

A voyce of the cry] Or, a loud cry.

Jeremiah 25:37

the peaceable habitations] Heb. habitations; or, folds, of peace. Chap. 33. 12. Where all wa before in peace and quiet. Chap. 12. 5.

because of &c.] Chap. 4. 8, 26.

the fierce anger of the LORD] Heb. heat; or, fervour of his nose. Chap. 4. 8, 26. & 49. 37.

Jeremiah 25:38

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion] He is come abroad, as a lion, to range about for his prey, Chap. 4. 7. & 49. 19. and 50. 44.

their land is desolate] Heb. a desolation. Vers. 11. 18.

because of the fiercenesse] Heb. heat. or, fervour. Isaiah 13:13.

of the oppressour] Or, oppressing sword. as Chap. 46. 16. & 50. 16. the sword that maketh havock.

because of his fierce anger] Vers. 37.