Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 25:31

"A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah." — Jeremiah 25:31 (ASV)

A noise. —i.e., the tumult of an advancing army (Isaiah 13:4; Isaiah 17:12).

A controversy. —The term properly denotes a legal process, like the “pleading” of Jeremiah 2:9; Jeremiah 2:35, rather than a debate or discussion, and is therefore rightly followed by the technical term “will plead” or “judge.” Jehovah appears, so to speak, as the Accuser in the suit in which He is also the supreme Judge.