Bible Commentary

Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. 30. dwell deep ] See on Jer 49:8, whence the expression may be borrowed. It is less suitable to the wandering tribes of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:30”

Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear [is] on every side. 29. curtains ] i.e. tent-hangings. See on ch. Jer 4:20. Terror on every side ] See on ch. Jer 6:25. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:29”

Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. 28. Kedar ] See on ch. Jer 2:10. kingdoms of Hazor ] Hazor elsewhere is the name of towns in Palestine, but here … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:28”

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad. 27. I will kindle a fire ] Cp. Num 21:28; Deu 32:22. Benhadad (son of Hadad) was the name of several kings of Syria. palaces ] See on Jer 6:5. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:27”

Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. 26, 27. See introd. note. “Therefore” ( Jer 49:26) is quite unsuitable here, while fitting the connexion in Jer 50:30. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:26”

How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 25. not forsaken ] The negative quite reverses the sense we should expect. Accordingly Du. and Co., emending the MT., render respectively, “Woe to her!” and “Woe to me!” continuing, “For the city of praise is forsaken.” the city of my joy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:25”

Damascus is waxed feeble, [and] turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on [her]: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. And turneth – Omit and. The original is a rapid sequence of unconnected sentences. Damascus is unnerved; she turned to flee, and a trembling seized her; anguish and writhings … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:24”

Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; [there is] sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 23. Damascus ] Damascus was for a long time held by a powerful dynasty of kings, who reduced the other cities under their own sway. Hamath ] Hama, on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:23”

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 22. Cp. Jer 48:40. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 22. He shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:22”

The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. Verse 21. The earth is moved] The whole state is represented here as a vast building suddenly thrown down, so as to cause the earth to tremble, and the noise to be heard … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:21”