Bible Commentary

Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. 20. they shall drag of the flock ] mg. is scarcely … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:20”

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:19”

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor [cities] thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. 18. Sodom and Gomorrah ] The comparison appears to be taken from Deu 29:23, where the neighbour cities are mentioned by name ( Admah and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:18”

Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 17. Cp. Jer 19:8. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The like is said of Babylon, Jer 50:13; it appears from 1Ki 9:8, that it was a kind of proverbial … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:17”

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, [and] the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. 16. As for thy terribleness ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:16”

For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, [and] despised among men. Obadiah, in his prophecy against Edom, Ob 2, hath much the same words, importing that God would bring the Edomites very low, and make them very contemptible. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole 15. David and Joab … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:15”

I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, [saying], Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 14 18. These vv. are parallel to Oba 1:1-4, whence they are borrowed; see introd. note. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:14”

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 13. Bozrah ] perhaps Busaireh, twenty miles S.E. of the Dead Sea. See on ch. Jer 48:20-24. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:13”

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment [was] not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and [art] thou he [that] shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink [of it]. 12. they to whom it pertained not ] for the metaphor See on Jer 13:12, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:12”

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 11. A remarkable v. and decidedly Jeremianic in character, as compared with the attitude which later days would have assumed towards an enemy so bitterly hated. On the other hand, it is extremely abrupt in the midst of denunciation. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:11”