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Jeremiah 25:22
all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah delivers a prophetic oracle of judgment against surrounding nations during the reign of Zedekiah, listing them in a sequential roll call. The prophet addresses the regional rulers as witnesses to God's impending decree.
The words — The Hebrew כּוֹל (kol) means "all," and מַלְכֵי (mal.khei) translates to "kings of," forming the phrase כּוֹל מַלְכֵי (kol mal.khei) for "all the kings." This is immediately followed by צֹר (Tzor) and צִידוֹן (tzi.Don), identifying the specific coastal city-states of Tyre and Sidon.
The thread — The same coastal rulers appear in Jeremiah 27:3 as recipients of a message for Zedekiah, and in Jeremiah 47:4 as targets of destruction alongside the Philistines. The motif of distant coastlands also echoes in Jeremiah 31:10, which commands nations to hear God's word.
Why it lands — The text enumerates specific political powers to demonstrate that no earthly ruler escapes the coming judgment. It requires the reader to acknowledge that human authority is subordinate to divine decree.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 47:4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 31:10 Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
- Jeremiah 49:23 Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
- Ezekiel 26:1 In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 28:22 And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
- Ezekiel 29:18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
- Ezekiel 32:30 All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.
- Joel 3:4 Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
- Amos 1:3 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.