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Jer. 25:1 fourth year of Jehoiakim. 605 b.c.
Jer. 25:5–6 Turn now. The consistent prophetic message was one of repentance from idolatry so that the people could have a right relationship with God.
Jer. 25:8–9 tribes of the north. See 1:13–16; 3:12; 18; 4:6; 6:1; etc. Nebuchadnezzar . . . my servant. See 27:6; 43:10. Though earth’s greatest king, he is controlled by God. devote them to destruction. See notes on Lev. 27:28–29; Deut. 20:16–18. This is what God’s people were to do to the Canaanites (Deut. 7:2); now it will be their fate instead.
Jer. 25:11 seventy years. This is probably counted from the first exile in 605 b.c. to the first return, variously dated from 538 to 535 (2 Chron. 36:21; Ezra 1:1). However, 70 may be a round number, as it is elsewhere (Ps. 90:10; see Matt. 18:22).
Jer. 25:12 Persia conquered Babylon in 539 b.c. God punishes sin wherever it exists.
Jer. 25:14 many nations. Persia and its allies. great kings. Cyrus and his successors.
Jer. 25:15 cup of . . . wrath. See Isa. 51:17; Rev. 18:6.
Jer. 25:17 made all the nations . . . drink it. Through a symbolic act in Jeremiah’s role as prophet to the nations (1:5).
Jer. 25:19 Egypt. Prior to 605 b.c., Egypt dominated Judah, but Babylon’s victory at Carchemish that year gave Babylon power over Egypt and the countries Egypt ruled.
Jer. 25:23–26 Nations far distant from Judah will be conquered by Babylon. Indeed, all the kingdoms of the world shall drink the cup of Babylon’s wrath. Afterward the king of Babylon shall drink the cup of Persia’s wrath. All these cups come from God, who speaks through Jeremiah.
Jer. 25:31 God’s voice will reach the ends of the earth, for his indictment of sin encompasses all flesh. His sword will touch all wicked persons (see v. 29).
Jer. 25:38 The sword of the oppressor (Babylon) is the result of God’s fierce anger. This lion will devour his prey completely.
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