Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 Jeremiah 50:37; Isaiah 19:2-3; Isaiah 20:1; Ezekiel 30:5. The term is first found in Exodus 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-Petræa, between the sea and Idumea (Lamentations 4:21; see Genesis 36:20, Genesis 36:28).
remnant of Ashdod—called a "remnant," because Ashdod had lost most of its inhabitants in the twenty-nine years siege by Psammetichus. Compare also see on Isaiah 20:1. Gath is not mentioned because it was overthrown in the same war.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 25:20:
Isaiah 34:5
Isaiah 51:23
Jeremiah 25:24
Ezekiel 25:16
Ezekiel 30:5
Zephaniah 2:4
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