Jeremiah 49:17

17 "Then Edom will become something horrible. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and hiss at all its wounds.

Jeremiah 49:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:17

Also Edom shall be a desolation
Not only Bozrah, its principal city, before spoken of, but the whole country of Idumea should be laid waste; its fortified cities destroyed; its riches plundered; and its inhabitants slain with the sword; or carried captive: everyone that goeth by it shall be astonished;
at the desolation made, so suddenly and so universally: and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof;
rejoice at them; clap their hands, and shake their heads, as the Targum; and hiss with their tongues, insulting and deriding them.

Jeremiah 49:17 In-Context

15 "Edom, I will make you the smallest of nations and despised among humanity.

16 You have frightened other people. Your arrogance has deceived you. You live on rocky cliffs and occupy the highest places in the hills. Even though you build your nest as high as an eagle, I will bring you down from there," declares the LORD.

17 "Then Edom will become something horrible. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and hiss at all its wounds.

18 Edom will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighboring cities when they were destroyed. No one will live there. No human will stay there," says the LORD.

19 "I will suddenly chase them from their places like a lion coming out of the jungle along the Jordan River into pastureland. I will appoint over Edom whomever I choose. Who is like me? Who can challenge me? Is there any leader who can stand up to me?"