The Meaning of Jeremiah 25:25 Explained

Jeremiah 25:25

KJV: And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

YLT: And all the kings of Zimri, And all the kings of Elam, And all the kings of Media,

Darby: and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

ASV: and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all the kings  of Zimri,  and all the kings  of Elam,  and all the kings  of the Medes, 

What does Jeremiah 25:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Jeremiah 25:1-38 - Shepherds That Mislead God's Flock
It is God's purpose to care for His people through shepherds (pastors) who are responsible to Him. Jesus our Lord is the Branch into which we may be grafted. He is our King who saves us and clothes us with His own spotless righteousness. God finds us in Him, Philippians 3:9. Because He reigns, we are saved and dwell in safety. When we are brought into contact with false shepherds, whether the failure be in doctrine or example, let us ask for the broken heart of Jeremiah 23:9.
God is everywhere present; as the latter paragraph indicates, He is near at hand to overhear the blasphemy of those who deride religion, and to be a very present help in time of trouble. If He fills heaven and earth, can He not fill thy heart? If His Word is like fire, let it cleanse thee! If it is as a hammer, let it pulverize thy pride! Let those of us who essay to teach and preach, not steal our words from our neighbors, or utter our own, but receive them from the source of all truth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 25

1  Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets,
8  foretells the seventy years' captivity;
12  and after that, the destruction of Babylon
15  Under the type of a cup of wine he foreshows the destruction of all nations
34  The howling of the shepherds

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 25:25 mean?

and all the kings of Zimri and of Elam and of the Medes
וְאֵ֣ת ׀ כָּל־ מַלְכֵ֣י זִמְרִ֗י וְאֵת֙ עֵילָ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת מָדָֽי

מַלְכֵ֣י  the  kings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
זִמְרִ֗י  of  Zimri 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: זִמְרִי 
Sense: the son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi.
עֵילָ֔ם  of  Elam 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵילָם 
Sense: a Korhite Levite in the time of David.
מָדָֽי  of  the  Medes 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָדַי  
Sense: a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media.