Jeremiah 25:23

23 Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant places^[a] ;

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Jeremiah 25:23 in Other Translations

KJV

23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,

ESV

23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;

NLT

23 I gave it to Dedan, Tema, and Buz, and to the people who live in distant places.

MSG

23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and the nomads on the fringe of the desert;

CSB

23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who shave their temples;

Jeremiah 25:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 25:23

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz
These seem to be places in Edom or Idumea, of whose destruction Jeremiah prophesies in ( Jeremiah 49:7 Jeremiah 49:8 Jeremiah 49:20 ) ; or rather in Arabia and Mesopotamia. Jerom reckons them among the Ishmaelites and Saracens, The persons from whom they descended are mentioned in ( Genesis 22:21 ) ( Genesis 25:8 Genesis 25:15 ) ; and all [that are] in the utmost corners;
that is, either of the above countries, or of the whole earth: or "all that had their hair shorn" {m}; or the corners of their beards; which Jerom says is applicable to the Saracens.

FOOTNOTES:

F13 (hap yuwuq lk) "universis qui attonsi sunt in comam", V. L. "barbitonsis", Syr.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Jeremiah 25:23 In-Context

21 Edom, Moab and Ammon;

22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;

23 Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant places ;

24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the wilderness;

25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media;

Cross References 4

1. S Genesis 25:3
2. S Genesis 25:15
3. S Ge 2 2:21
4. Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 49:32

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "who clip the hair by their foreheads"