Jeremiah 25:23

Jer 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all [that are] in the utmost corners,

Ver. 23. Dedan, and Tema, and Buz.] The Hagarens or Saracens {Jer 49:8}

And all that are in the utmost corners.] Qui attonsi sunt in comam; Roundheads. See Jer 9:26.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

25:23-26 Dedan, Tema, . . . Buz, and Zimri were located in the desert area east of the Jordan Valley, north of Arabia. Elam and Media, located in the highlands to the east of Babylon, made up the core of the Persian Empire, which conquered Babylon in 539 BC.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

These were people of Arabia which came of Dedan the son of Abraham and Keturah.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Dedan--north of Arabia (Gen 25:3-4).

Tema . . . Buz--neighboring tribes north of Arabia (Job 32:2).

all . . . in . . . utmost corners--rather, "having the hair cut in angles," a heathenish custom (see on Jer 9:26).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Verse 23. Dedan] Was son of Abraham, by Keturah, Ge 25:3.

Tema] Was one of the sons of Ishmael, in the north of Arabia, Ge 36:15.

Buz] Brother of Uz, descendants of Nahor, brother of Abraham, settled in Arabia Deserta, Ge 22:21.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

I shall now only touch briefly on the extreme ones in a corner, or those bounded by a corner, who were almost unknown to the Jews on account of their distance. After having spoken of nations so very remote, that he might not by prolixity be tedious, he mentions all the extreme ones in a corner, that is, those who were bounded by the farthest limits. As to Dedan, Tema, and Buz, we know that these countries derived their names from their founders. Who Dedan was, we learn from Moses, and also who Tema and Buz were. (Genesis 25:3,15; 1 Chronicles 5:14.) Two of them were descendants of Abraham by Keturah. There is no need of saying more of these countries, for they are not known by us at this day, and we cannot learn from geographers the extent of any of these countries; for there was hardly a place at the time when heathen writers began their records, which had not long before changed its name. We however conclude that these were eastern countries. It follows —

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

(23) Dedan, and Tema, and Buz.—From the west we pass again to the east, the first two districts lying to the south-east of Edom, the last probably in the same region. For Dedan see Gen_10:7; Gen_25:3; Gen_25:2; 1Ch_1:9; 1Ch_1:32; Isa_21:13; Eze_25:13. For Tema, on the modern pilgrims’ road from Damascus to Mecca, see Isa_21:14; Job_6:19. For Buz see Gen_22:21. The fact that the “travelling companies of Dedanim” (Isa_21:13) carried on the trade between Tyre and Arabia (Eze_27:15) accounts in part for their mention here.

All that are in the utmost corners.—The marginal reading gives the true meaning—all that have the corners of their temples shorn. (See Note on Jer_9:26.) The words point to the nomad tribes of Kedar, who were distinguished by this peculiarity. For “mingled people,” see Note on Jer_25:20. The genealogies of Genesis 10, Gen_25:1-16, and 1 Chronicles 1 point to a great intermingling of Cushite and Semitic races in these regions.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

23. Dedan] a tribe descended from Abraham by his wife Keturah (Gen_10:7) and dwelling S.E. of Edom. Their caravans maintained a trade between Tyre and Arabia (Eze_27:15; Eze_27:20; Eze_38:13).

Tema] the modern Teimâ, about 250 miles S.E. of Edom. They were descendants of Ishmael (Gen_25:15).

Buz] See Gen_22:21. Elihu is called a Buzite (Job_32:2).

all that have the corners of their hair polled] See on Jer_9:26.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And all the kings of Arabia,.... Of Arabia Petraea;

and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert; the other Arabians or mixed people, that dwell in Arabia Deserta, as the Scenites, Nomades, Kedarenes, and others; and so the Targum,

"and all the kings of the Arabians, that dwell in tents in the desert.''

Of these, see the prophecy in Jer 49:28.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Dedan - See the Isa 21:13 note.

Buz - See Job 32:2 note.

All that are ... - See the marginal reference note.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Buz. Scenite Arabs, who cut off the hair of the eyebrows, chap. ix. 26. These Saracens left the hair below the ears long, as the Polonians and Hungarians do. (Worthington)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

We read of a Dedan the issue of Ham, Gen 10:7. The other the posterity of Abraham by Jokshan, Gen 25:3. It seemeth to be a city of Idumea, Jer 49:8. Tema descended from Ishmael, Gen 25:15; his posterity inhabited in Arabia, Isa 21:14, where they are joined with those of Dedan. Buz was one of the posterity of Nahor, Gen 22:21. These were people mixed with the Saracens or Arabians.

All that are in the utmost corners; that dwell in the corners or furthest parts of the world. Some interpret it of the fashion of their cutting their beards, as the Saracens did: see Lev 19:27, where God forbade his people that fashion.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

23. Dedan… Tema… Buz — Arabian tribes. Utmost corners, as in Jer_9:25, should be hair-corners polled, or who have the corners of their hair shorn.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz. Three tribes of North Arabia, bordering on Edom. The two former are mentioned as commercial peoples Isa_21:13, 14 Eze_27:15, 20 38:13Jo 6:19. Elihu, Job"s youngest friend, was of Bus. (Job_32:2) All that are in the utmost corners; rather, all the corner-clipped. (see on Jer_9:26)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tema - Tema descended from Ishmael, Gen. xxv, 15, his posterity inhabited in Arabia, Isaiah xxi, 13, 14, where they are joined with those of Dedan. Buz - Buz was one of the posterity of Nahor, Gen. xxii, 21. These were people mixed with the Saracens or Arabians.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

and all those separated in that corner those separated at the end of that corner.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.