Bible Strands
Jeremiah 25:20
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah catalogs nations subject to judgment, positioned between the Egyptian forces listed in verse 19 and the eastern kingdoms of Edom, Moab, and Ammon in verse 21. The prophet delivers this sequence as part of a broader announcement of coming disaster.
The words — עֶרֶב (ʿereḇ) carries the literal sense of "mixed multitude" or "foreigner." עוּץ (ʿUṣ) is the proper designation for the land of Uz.
The thread — Uz appears in Job 1:1 as the homeland of Job. Ashdod is referenced in Isaiah 20:1 as a captured Philistine city, and the term for foreigners recurs in Jeremiah 50:37.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine judgment extends beyond Israel to every neighboring power and mixed population. It requires the reader to acknowledge that no political entity or ethnic group stands outside the scope of the announced decree.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
Cross-references
- Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Isaiah 20:1 Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
- Jeremiah 50:37 A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
- Lamentations 4:21 So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
- Ezekiel 30:5 Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
- Exodus 12:38 And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
- Jeremiah 25:24 all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
- Jeremiah 47:1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
- Genesis 10:23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
- Genesis 22:21 Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),