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Jeremiah 25:21
Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah delivers a divine oracle against a catalog of nations, listing Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites between the Philistine cities in verse 20 and the Tyrian and Sidonian kings in verse 22.
The words — The Hebrew text uses אֱד֥וֹם ('eDom) and מוֹאָ֖ב (mo'Av), each preceded by the accusative particle אֶת־ ('et-) to mark them as direct objects. It then lists עַמּֽוֹן (Ammon) preceded by בְּנֵ֥י (benei), literally "the people of."
The thread — This triad of nations reappears in Jeremiah 9:26 alongside Egypt and Judah, and individually in Jeremiah 48:1 regarding Moab’s devastation and Psalm 137:7 concerning Edom’s role at Jerusalem’s fall.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that divine judgment extends beyond Israel to surrounding nations, requiring readers to acknowledge their inclusion in the prophetic catalog without exemption.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 48:1 Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
- Psalms 137:7 Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
- Isaiah 15:1 This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
- Isaiah 25:10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
- Isaiah 34:1 Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
- Isaiah 63:1 Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- Jeremiah 27:3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- 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 25:2 “Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.