Jeremiah 49:15

15 “Now I will make you small among the nations, despised by mankind.

Jeremiah 49:15 in Other Translations

15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

15 For behold, I will make you small among the nations, despised among mankind.

15 The LORD says to Edom, “I will cut you down to size among the nations. You will be despised by all.

15 "Ah, Edom, I'm dropping you to last place among nations, the bottom of the heap, kicked around.

15 Look, I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations, despised among humanity.

Jeremiah 49:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:15

For, lo, I will make thee small among the Heathen
Or, "I have given thee", or "made thee" ^F13; as if it respected what Edom was at first, a people few in number, and their country not large, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi, and after them Abarbinel: but it rather intends what Edom should be ^F14; and which was the reason of gathering the Chaldeans against them, to reduce their number, weaken their strength, and destroy their substance, and so make them a small, feeble, and contemptible people; as follows: [and] despised among men:
for the fewness of their men, the desolation of their country, the consumption of their wealth and riches, their poverty and meanness; see ( Obadiah 1:2 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (Kyttn) "posui", Munster; "reddidi", Piscator; "dedi", V. L. Cocceius, Schmidt.
F14 Dabo, Pagninus, Montanus. So Ben Melech.

Jeremiah 49:15 In-Context

13 I swear by myself,” declares the LORD, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse, an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”

14 I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy was sent to the nations to say, “Assemble yourselves to attack it! Rise up for battle!”

15 “Now I will make you small among the nations, despised by mankind.

16 The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks, who occupy the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle’s, from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

17 “Edom will become an object of horror; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.