Jeremiah 49:7-22
1599 Geneva Bible
7 ¶ To Edom thus saith the Lord of hosts, Is wisdom no more in [a]Teman? is counsel perished from their children? is their wisdom vanished?
8 Flee, ye inhabitants of Dedan ([b]they are turned back, and have consulted to dwell) for I have brought the destruction of Esau upon him, and the time of his visitation.
9 If the [c]grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some grapes? if thieves come by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
10 For I have discovered Esau: I have uncovered his secrets, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is wasted, and his brethren and his neighbors, and there shall be none to say,
11 Leave thy [d]fatherless children, and I will preserve them alive, and let thy widows trust in me.
12 For thus saith the Lord, [e]Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup, have assuredly drunken, and art thou he that shall escape free? thou shalt not go free, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that [f]Bozrah shall be waste, and for a reproach, and a desolation, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual desolations.
14 I have heard a rumor from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather you together, and come against [g]her, and rise up to the battle.
15 For lo, I will make thee but small among the heathen, and despised among men.
16 Thy [h]fear, and the pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and keepest 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.
17 Also Edom shall be desolate: everyone that goeth by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof,
18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and of Gomorrah, and the places thereof near about, saith the Lord: no man shall dwell there, neither shall the sons of men remain in it.
19 Behold, [i]he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the strong dwelling place: for I will make Israel to rest, even I will make [j]him to haste away from her, and who is a chosen man that I may appoint against her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is the [k]shepherd that will stand before me?
20 Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that he hath devised against Edom, and his purpose that he hath conceived, against the inhabitants of Teman: surely the least [l]of the flock shall draw them out: surely [m]he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall: the cry of their voice is heard in the red sea.
22 Behold, he shall come up, and fly as the eagle, [n]and spread his wings over Bozrah, and at that day shall the heart of the strong men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in travail.
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- Jeremiah 49:7 Which was a city of Edom, called by the name of Teman Eliphaz’ son, who came of Esau.
- Jeremiah 49:8 The enemies that shall dissemble as though they fled away, shall turn back and invade your land, and possess it.
- Jeremiah 49:9 Meaning, that God would utterly destroy them, and not spare one, though the grape gatherers leave some grapes, and thieves seek but till they have enough, Obad. 1:5.
- Jeremiah 49:11 The destruction shall be so great, that there shall be none left to take care over the widows and the fatherless.
- Jeremiah 49:12 I have not spared mine own people, and how should I pity thee?
- Jeremiah 49:13 Which was a chief city of Edom.
- Jeremiah 49:14 That is, Bozrah.
- Jeremiah 49:16 Or, idol.
- Jeremiah 49:19 To wit, Nebuchadnezzar after he hath overcome Judah, which is meant by the swelling of Jordan, shall come against mount Seir and Edom.
- Jeremiah 49:19 That is, the Israelites, whom the Edomites kept as prisoners, to haste away from thence.
- Jeremiah 49:19 The captain and governor of the army, meaning, Nebuchadnezzar.
- Jeremiah 49:20 They shall not be able to resist his petty captains.
- Jeremiah 49:20 To visit, the enemy.
- Jeremiah 49:22 As Jer. 48:40, was said of Moab.
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