Jeremiah 25:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

The mingled

Philistines

Remnant

Isaiah 20:1

Amos 1:8

Nehemiah 13:23

Bible References

The mingled

all the kings of Arabia,
and all the kings of the mixed peoples who have settled in the desert;

A sword is against his horses and chariots
and against all the foreigners among them,
and they will be like women.
A sword is against her treasuries,
and they will be plundered.

An ethnically diverse crowd also went up with them, along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds.

Cush, Put, and Lud,
and all the various foreign troops,
plus Libya and the men of the covenant land
will fall by the sword along with them.

Philistines

This is what the Lord God says: “Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with deep contempt, destroying because of their ancient hatred,

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Gaza
for three crimes, even four,
because they exiled a whole community,
handing them over to Edom.

For Gaza will be abandoned,
and Ashkelon will become a ruin.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be uprooted.

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;
Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain,
as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.
There will cease to be a king in Gaza,
and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.

Remnant

In the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it—

I will cut off the ruler from Ashdod,
and the one who wields the scepter from Ashkelon.
I will also turn My hand against Ekron,
and the remainder of the Philistines will perish.
The Lord God has spoken.

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.