Jeremiah 49:8

8 People of Dedan, turn and run! Hide! I am going to destroy Esau's descendants because the time has come for me to punish them.

Jeremiah 49:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:8

Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan
Another city in Idumea; though some take it to be a country in Arabia, bordering on Edom, and subdued by the Edomites: the inhabitants of this place are advised to "flee" for their lives, since the enemy was just upon them; and "turn back", lest they should fall into his hands; and hide themselves in some deep caverns of the earth, in holes, and dens of rocks, and such like places. It is a prophecy that they should flee from and turn their backs on their enemies, and betake themselves to some very secret places for safety; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him;
which was determined concerning him, threatened to him, and was his just desert; even the utter destruction of the whole land: the time of his visitation;
the time fixed to visit him in a way of wrath and punishment being come,

Jeremiah 49:8 In-Context

6 "But later on I will make Ammon prosperous again. I, the Lord, have spoken."

7 This is what the Lord Almighty said about Edom: "Have the people of Edom lost their good judgment? Can their advisers no longer tell them what to do? Has all their wisdom disappeared?

8 People of Dedan, turn and run! Hide! I am going to destroy Esau's descendants because the time has come for me to punish them.

9 When people pick grapes, they leave a few on the vines, and when robbers come at night, they take only what they want.

10 But I have stripped Esau's descendants completely and uncovered their hiding places, so that they can no longer hide. All the people of Edom are destroyed. Not one of them is left.