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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 25 - Introduction

* The Jews rebuked for not obeying calls to repentance. (1-7) Their captivity during seventy years is expressly foretold. (8-14) Desolations upon the nations shown by the emblem of a cup of wrath. (15-29) The judgments again declared. (30-38)

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See also Jeremiah 25 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    It was immediately after the battle of Carchemish (605 b.c.) between Egypt and Babylon, and probably before Nebuchadnezzar and his victorious army appeared in Palestine, that Jeremiah delivered this p...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jeremiah 25:1-38. Prediction of the supremacy of Babylon The reply of the prophet to Zedekiah's message, comprised in the last four Chapter s, has come to an end. Accordingly we here return to a prop...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _JEREMIAH, REPROVING THE DISOBEDIENCE OF THE JEWS TO THE PROPHETS, FORETELLETH THE SEVENTY YEARS CAPTIVITY, AND, AFTER THAT, THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON. UNDER THE TYPE OF A CUP OF WINE, HE FORESHEWETH...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    REVIEW OF CHAPTER TWELVE I. Facts to Master. 1. The occasion of the oracle addressed to king Zedekiah (Jeremiah 21:1-2). 2. The two ways God placed before the people (Jeremiah 21:8), 3. That whi...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (e-0) (The title of this book, 'Jermiah'), The name may mean, 'Jah is exalted.' Compare the large use made of the name _ Jehovah_ in this book; it occurs about 700 times. _ Adonai Jehovah_ 14 time...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 25 This 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 o...

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