Jeremiah 25:20

“And all the mingled people, etc.] Not the Arabians, who are mentioned afterwards, (<242524>Jeremiah 25:24); but rather a mixed people in the land of Egypt, such as came out of it along with the Israelites; or were near it, and bordered upon it, as the Targum; which renders it, all the bordering kings; or rather a mixture of people of different nations that dwelt by the sea coasts, either the Mediterranean, or the Red sea, as others think: and all the kings of the land of Uz; not the country of Job, called by the Greeks Ausitis, as the Vulgate Latin version; but rather a country of Idumea, so called from Uz the son of Dishan, the son of Seir, (<250421>Lamentations 4:21 <013628>Genesis 36:28);…”

“mingled people--mercenary foreign troops serving under Pharaoh-hophra in the time of Jeremiah. The employment of these foreigners provoked the native Egyptians to overthrow him. Psammetichus, father of Pharaoh-necho, also had given a settlement in Egypt to Ionian and Carian adventurers [HERODOTUS, 2.152, 154]. See on Jer 50:37; Isa 19:2-3; Isa 20:1; Eze 30:5. The term is first found in Exo 12:38. Uz--in the geographical order here, between Egypt and the states along the Mediterranean; therefore not the "Uz" of Job 1:1 (north of Arabia-Deserta), but the northern part of Arabia-PetrÃ&brvbra, between the sea and Idumea (Lam 4:21; see Gen 36:20, Gen 36:28). remnant of Ashdod--called a "remnant,"…”

“The mingled people - Either auxiliaries; or, rather, a constituent portion of the people of Egypt, who were not of pure blood. Azzah - i. e., Gaza. The remnant of Ashdod - A sentence which none but a contemporary writer could have used. Psammetichus, after a siege of 29 years, had captured and destroyed Ashdod, except for a feeble remnant. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Of Uz - Some part of Arabia Petraea, near to Idumaea. Of the Philistines - Uzzah, Ekron, Ashdod, and Askelon, were four of their cities, the fifth which was Gath is not here named. For before this time it was destroyed, either by Psammeticus, father to Pharaoh Necho, or by Tartan, captain general to Sargon, king of Assyria, of whom read, Isa 20:1, that he took Ashdod, which may be the reason that here mention is made of no more than the remnant of Ashdod. Jeremiah 25:22”

“the mingled: Jer 25:24, Jer 50:37; Exo 12:38; Eze 30:5 Uz: Gen 10:23, Gen 22:21; Ch1 1:17; Job 1:1; Lam 4:21 Philistines: Jer 47:1-7; Eze 25:15-17; Amo 1:6-8; Zep 2:4-7; Zac 9:5-7 Ashkelon: Sa1 6:17, Askelon, Gaza remnant: Isa 20:1; Amo 1:8; Neh 13:23-27 Jeremiah 25:21”