Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the north—(see on Jeremiah 1:14-15). The Medes and other northern peoples, confederate with Babylon, are included with the Chaldeans.
my servant—My agent for punishing (Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 43:10; compare Jeremiah 40:2). Compare Isaiah 44:28; Cyrus, "My shepherd." God makes even unbelievers unconsciously to fulfil His designs. A reproof to the Jews, who boasted that they were the servants of God; yet a heathen king is to be more the servant of God than they, and that as the agent of their punishment.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 25:9:
2 Chronicles 36:21
Job 27:23
Jeremiah 1:14
Jeremiah 1:15
Jeremiah 4:7
Ezekiel 29:20
Daniel 2:1
Zephaniah 1:7
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