Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 25:25

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 seems doubtful; their locality hardly suits.

Elam. Elam, one of the most ancient monarchies in the world (comp. .), is again coupled with Media in . 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.

The Daily Devotional

One devotional. Every morning.

The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.

We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.

Continue tomorrow

Turn Bible study into a daily habit

Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.

Recommended reading

More for Jeremiah 25:25

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

Other commentaries

Jeremiah 25 — OverviewJeremiah 25 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe prophecy of this chapter bears date some time before those prophecies in the chapters next foregoing, for they are not placed in the exact order of time in which they were delivered. This is dated in the…Jeremiah 25 — OverviewJeremiah 25 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJeremiah 25:1, Jeremiah, reproving the Jews’ disobedience to the prophets, Jeremiah 25:8, foretells the seventy years’ captivity; Jeremiah 25:12, and after that, the destruction of Babylon; Jeremiah 25:15, Under the…Jeremiah 25 — OverviewJeremiah 25 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of Judea by the king of Babylon; and also of Babylon itself, after the Jews' captivity of seventy years; and likewise of all the nations round about. The date of this…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…Jeremiah 25:12-29Jeremiah 25:12-29 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe judgment upon Judah and the nations.Jeremiah 25:15-29Jeremiah 25:15-29 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleUnder 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 world which Nebuchadrezzar, who just now…