Jeremias 25:20
And all in general: all the kings of the land of Ausitis, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ascalon, and Gaza, and Accaron, and the remnant of Azotus.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et universis generaliter : cunctis regibus terræ Ausitidis, et cunctis regibus terræ Philisthiim, et Ascaloni, et Gazæ, et Accaron, et reliquiis Azoti :
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 32:6
- καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντας τοὺς συμμίκτους, καὶ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς ἀλλοφύλων, τὴν Ἀσκάλωνα καὶ τὴν Γάζαν καὶ τὴν Ἀκκαρών, καὶ τὸ ἐπίλοιπον Ἀζώτου,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאֵת֙ כָּל הָעֶ֔רֶב וְאֵ֕ת כָּל מַלְכֵ֖י אֶ֣רֶץ הָע֑וּץ וְאֵ֗ת כָּל מַלְכֵי֙ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְאֶת אַשְׁקְל֤וֹן וְאֶת עַזָּה֙ וְאֶת עֶקְר֔וֹן וְאֵ֖ת שְׁאֵרִ֥ית אַשְׁדּֽוֹד
Haydock's commentary
In. Hebrew, "the mixed multitude," (Exodus xii. 38.; Calmet) or "Arabs." (Grotius)
Ausitis, near Palmyra, Job i. 1.
Azotus, taken by the Egyptians, and afterwards by the Chaldeans, chap. xlvii. 2.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Persecution
6. Consider and observe, my hearer, that if God had given a hope to Sodom and to her fellows, He would not have overthrown them with fire and brimstone, the sign of the last day of the world, but would have delivered them over to one of the kingdoms to be chastised. As it is written that when Jeremiah caused the nations and kingdoms to drink the cup of wrath, he said concerning each one of the cities, that after they shall drink the cup, I will turn back the captivity of Elam, of Tyre, of Zidon, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab , and of Edom . Concerning each one of these kingdoms he said: In the last days I well turn back her captivity. Now we see that Tyre was inhabited, and was opulent after she had wandered seventy years , and after she had received the reward of her harlotries and after she had committed fornication with all kingdoms. …