25:4 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the {b} men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their {c} palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
(b) That is, to the Babylonians.
(c) They will chase you away, and take your gorgeous houses to dwell in.
25:4 The men of the east - The Arabians, associates of Nebuchadnezzar, who recompensed their service, with giving them this country when it was conquered, as it was five years after the desolation of Jerusalem.
25:1-7. It is wicked to be glad at the calamities of any, especially of God's people; it is a sin for which he will surely reckon. God will make it appear that he is the God of Israel, though he suffers them for a time to be captives in Babylon. It is better to know Him, and to be poor, than to be rich and ignorant of him.
