John Trapp on Jeremiah 25:9

Ver. 9. Behold I will ſend and take] By a ſecret inſtinct, as chap. 1.15.

And Nebuchadnezzar my ſervant] i. e. Mine executioner, the rod of my wrath, Iſa. 10. and the ſcourge of the world, as Attil[illegible: 1 letter]s ſtiled himſelf.

And againſt all theſe Nations round about] Who were ſo infatuated, that they did not combine againſt Nebuchadnezzar, whom the Septuagint called a dove, ver. 38. of this chapter, but he was a vulture rather, and theſe Nations were as ſo many ſilly doves which ſave themſelves by flight, not fight; and ſitting in their dovecotes, ſee their neſts deſtroyed, and their young ones killed before their eyes, never offering to reſcue or revenge, as other ſouls do. So dealt the old Britons when invaded by the Romans: they joyned not their forces againſt the common enemy, ſed dum ſinguli pugnabant, Tacitus. univerſi vincebantur.