Jeremiah 25:31

“A noise shall come up [even] to the ends of the earth, etc.] Wars, and rumours of wars, everywhere, till the cup has gone round, and all nations have drank of it, and have felt the power of divine wrath for their sins: for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations; will enter into a judicial process with them; will litigate the point with them, and try it openly; that it may be seen who is in the right, and who in the wrong: he will plead with all flesh; or enter into judgment with them, as Kimchi; or reprove them in judgment, as Jarchi; he will be too many for them; he will carry his case, overcome them in judgment, and reprove and condemn them. Or the words may be rendered, “he will be…”

“controversy--cause at issue (Mic 6:2). plead with all flesh-- (Isa 66:16). God shows the whole world that He does what is altogether just in punishing.”

“A noise - The trampling of an army in motion. Compare Amos 2:2. A controversy - i. e., a suit at law. Will plead - Or, will hold judgment. As judge He delivers the wicked to the sword. return to 'Top of Page'”

“A noise: The dreadful devastations made by the Chaldeans through all the nations of the East, and afterwards the destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians, are here primarily foretold in this awful language; but it also accords very much with the passages in which the ruin of all the anti- christian powers is evidently predicted. Jer 45:5; Isa 34:8; Hos 4:1, Hos 12:2; Mic 6:2 plead: Isa 66:16; Eze 20:35, Eze 20:36, Eze 38:22; Joe 3:2 Jeremiah 25:32”