Jeremiah 25:22-24

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Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 25:22 sn Tyre and Sidon are mentioned within the judgment on the Philistines in Jer 47:4. They were Phoenician cities to the north and west of Judah on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in what is now Lebanon.
2. Jeremiah 25:22 sn The connection with Tyre and Sidon suggests that these were Phoenician colonies. See also Isa 23:2.
3. Jeremiah 25:23 sn Dedan and Tema are mentioned together in Isa 21:13-14 and located in the desert. They were in the northern part of the Arabian peninsula, south and east of Ezion Geber. Buz is not mentioned anywhere else, and its location is unknown. Judgment against Dedan and Tema is mentioned in conjunction with the judgment on Edom in Jer 49:7-8.
4. Jeremiah 25:23 tn For the discussion regarding the meaning of the terms here, see the notes on 9:26.sn See Jer 9:26, where these are mentioned in connection with Moab, Edom, and Ammon.
5. Jeremiah 25:24 tc Or “and all the kings of people of mixed origin who.” The Greek version gives evidence of having read the term only once; it refers to the “people of mixed origin” without reference to the kings of Arabia. While the term translated “people of mixed origin” seems appropriate in the context of a group of foreigners within a larger entity (e.g., Israel in Exod 12:38 and Neh 13:3; Egypt in Jer 50:37), it seems odd to speak of them as a separate entity under their own kings. The presence of the phrase in the Hebrew text and the other versions dependent upon it can be explained as a case of dittography.sn See further Jer 49:28-33 for judgment against some of these Arabian peoples.