Jeremiah 25:19

“Pharaoh king of Egypt, etc.] Who is mentioned first after the kings of Judah; not only because the Jews were in alliance with Egypt, and trusted to them; and therefore this is observed, to show the vanity of their confidence and dependence; but because the judgments of God first took place on the king of Egypt; for in this very year, in which this prophecy was delivered, Pharaohnecho king of Egypt was smitten by Nebuchadnezzar, (<244602>Jeremiah 46:2); though the prophecy had a further accomplishment in Pharaohhophra, who was given into the hands of his enemies, as foretold, (<244430>Jeremiah 44:30); and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; his menial servants, his domestics,…”

“Pharaoh--put next after Jerusalem, because the Jews had relied most on him, and Egypt and Judea stood on a common footing (Jer 46:2, Jer 46:25).”

“The arrangement is remarkable. Jeremiah begins with the south, Egypt; next Uz on the southeast, and Philistia on the southwest; next, Edom, Moab, and Ammon on the east, and Tyre, and Sidon, and the isles of the Mediterranean on the west; next, in the Far East, various Arabian nations, then northward to Media and Elam, and finally the kings of the north far and near. return to 'Top of Page'”

“25:19-20 The foreigners who heard the prophet’s message included many refugees who fled from Judah and neighboring countries to Egypt when the Babylonians invaded. • Uz was a region on the northern border of Arabia; Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod were Philistine cities near the Mediterranean Sea.”

“Pharaoh: Jer 43:9-11, Jer 46:2, Jer 46:13-26; Ezek. 29:1-32:32; Nah 3:8-10 Jeremiah 25:20”

“The enumeration of the heathen nations begins with Egypt and goes northwards, the peoples dwelling to the east and west of Judah being ranged alongside one another. First we have in Jer 25:20 the races of Arabia and Philistia that bordered on Egypt to the east and west; and then in Jer 25:21 the Edomites, Moabites, and Ammonites to the east, and, Jer 25:22, the Phoenicians with their colonies to the west. Next we have the Arabian tribes of the desert extending eastwards from Palestine to the Euphrates ( Jer 25:23, Jer 25:24); then the Elamites and Medes in the distant east ( Jer 25:25), the near and distant kings of the north, and all kingdoms upon earth; last of all the king of Babylon (…”