Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 25:25
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
25. and all the kings of Zimri ] LXX omit, and the name is found here only. Du. ingeniously conjectures that it may be a fictitious one intended by a late editor to hint covertly at the Romans, the Hebrew consonants of which have (combined) the same numerical value. This, however, would make the insertion a very late one. Cp. note on Sheshach below.
Elam ] a province of the Assyrian Empire. See on Jer 49:34.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Zimri – Probably a district between Arabia and Persia. Elam is put in Scripture for the whole of Persia.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 25. Zimri] Descendants of Abraham, by Keturah, Ge 25:2; Ge 25:6.
Elam] Called Elymais by the Greeks, was on the south frontier of Media, to the north of Susiana, not far from Babylon.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
All the kings of Zimri; those descended from Zimran, Abrahams son by Keturah, Gen 25:2 (the Zamarens, as some think, mentioned by Pliny). By the Elamites are meant the Persians, descended from Shem, Gen 10:22. Elam is also mentioned Isa 22:6. See also Jer 49:34. The Medes came from Madai the son of Japheth, Gen 10:2; they are usually joined with the Persians, Dan 5:28.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
25. Zimriperhaps the Zabramentioned by PTOLEMYbetween Mecca and Medina. Zimran also, as Dedan, was one ofAbraham’s sons by Keturah (Ge 25:2).
Elamproperly, west ofPersia; but used for Persia in general.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And all the kings of Zimri,…. Of Arabia Felix, so called from Zimran, a son of Abraham by Keturah, Ge 25:2; the same whom Pliny n calls Zamerenes;
and all the kings of Elam; or Persia; who are prophesied against in
Jer 49:34;
and all the kings of the Medes; who commonly go together with the Persians.
n Nat. Hist. I. 6. c. 28.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He now mentions nations more remote, but whose fame was more known among the Jews. We, indeed, know that the Elamites, who dwelt between Media and Persia, had ever been people of great repute. As to Media, it was a very large kingdom and wealthy, abounding in all delicacies; and we also know how fond of display were the Medes. With regard to Zimri, (144) it was an obscure nation in comparison with the Elamites and the Medes. The Prophet, however, intimates that every part of the earth, even the smallest kingdom, known to the Jews, would be visited by God’s judgment, so that the whole earth, in every direction, would become a witness that God sits in heaven as a judge. It follows, —
(144) Blayney considers Zimri to be the same with Zimran, one of Abraham’s sons by Keturah, and he and his brethren were sent to “the east country.” (Gen 25:2.) The Zameroeni, mentioned by Pliny as inhabiting some part of Arabia, were probably the descendants of Zimri. — Ed.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(25) Zimri.The name occurs nowhere else in the Bible or out of it as the name of a country. It is possibly connected with Zimran, the eldest son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:2), and points, thereforeas does its position hereto a nomad tribe in Arabia lying between the Red Sea, Arabia, and the Persian Gulf. The name Zabram occurs in Greek geographers as that of a city on the Red Sea west of Mecca, and there was a Zimara on the Upper Euphrates. Elam, properly applied to the region of which Susa was the capital (Dan. 8:2), was extended by the Hebrew writers to the whole of Persia. (See Notes on Gen. 10:22; Gen. 14:1-12; Isa. 21:2.) As in the last of these references, it is coupled here with Media.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
25. Zimri This name occurs only here; but from the order in which it is introduced we may safely conclude that it represents a people to the extreme east, between the Arabs and the Elamites.
Elam As is common in the Bible this name is not limited to Elymais, but is put for the whole of Persia.
Medes Located still farther to the north and east, and destined to hold a conspicuous place in the history of the near future.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
Ver. 25. And all the kings of Zimri, ] i.e., Of Arabia Felix. Zamarens, Pliny a calleth them.
a Lib. vi. cap. 28.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Zimri: Gen 25:2, Zimran
Elam: Jer 49:34-39, Gen 10:22, Gen 14:1, Isa 11:11, Isa 22:6, Eze 32:24, Dan 8:2
Medes: Jer 51:11, Jer 51:28, Isa 13:17, Dan 5:28
Reciprocal: 1Ch 1:17 – Elam 1Ch 2:6 – Zimri Ezr 4:9 – Elamites Jer 49:30 – for
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 25:25. Zimri was an unimportant person whose ancestry is uncertain. Elam, later became known as Persia and the two formed the Medo-Persian Empire which is well known to all students of history.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Jer 25:25-26. All the kings of Zimri Those descended from Zimran, one of Abrahams sons, by Keturah; all of whom he sent to settle in the east country, Gen 25:2; Gen 25:6. It is probable that these descendants of Zimran were the same that Pliny mentions among the inhabitants of Arabia, by the name of Zamareni. And all the kings of Elam Namely, of Persia. And all the kings of the Medes Who were descended from Madai, the son of Japhet. The Medes and Persians were commonly confederates and partakers of the same prosperity or adversity. And all the kings of the north far and near By the kings of the north that were near, the kings of Syria are probably meant: see Jer 49:23. Those that were afar off may mean the Hyrcanians and Bactrians, who are reckoned in Xenophons Cyropdia, lib. 1., among them that were subjected or oppressed by the king of Babylon, and perhaps others besides of the neighbouring nations that were compelled to submit to the Babylonian yoke. All these lay to the north of Judea, and at a great distance. And all the kingdoms of the world, &c. It is justly observed by Blaney, that this must be understood with a limitation to that part of the continent with which the Jews had some correspondence, or acquaintance; just as stands for the whole Roman empire, Luk 2:1. The ambition of a prince like Nebuchadnezzar, who aimed at universal monarchy, could not but occasion great confusion and distress, both among those who felt, and among those who dreaded, the power of his arms. And the king of Sheshach shall drink after them Here the speech of Jehovah is resumed, which was broken off at the end of Jer 25:16. That Sheshach means Babylon, appears clearly from Jer 51:41. But, among the reasons that have been assigned for this name, says Blaney, I have met with none that I think satisfactory. , signifies to subside, and sink down; and may perhaps allude to the low situation of Babylon, which did not derive its strength from being built, like many other great cities, upon the heights of a rock, but stood upon a large flat, or plain, cowering, as it were, amidst the waters that surrounded it, and by which it was rendered in some parts inaccessible to an enemy.