By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; everyone after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Jeremiah 25:22. This verse is, in my apprehension, the most interesting, to us of the Gentile church, of any in the chapter. Reader! pause over it, and remark, that as the posterity of Japheth is here said to have the isles divided unto them for an inheritance; and as the prophet Isaiah, in Isaiah 42:4, saith The isles shall wait for the Redeemer's law; is it not highly probable, that the faithful, in this our British Isle, to which we belong, are of the descendants of Japheth? Moreover, it is said in Genesis 9:27, that Japheth shall dwell in the tents of Shem; meaning, no doubt, that the Gentile and the Jewish church, shall; in the latter day glory, be one fold under one Shepherd. But do not forget what is there said, concerning this glorious event: God shall enlarge Japheth; or, as the margin of the Bible hath it, and so it might have been translated, God shall persuade Japheth. Yes! it is the divine teachings and influence alone, which can accomplish this gracious work.