Jeremiah 49:18-28

18 "Like the ¹overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors," says the LORD, "²no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it.

19 "³Behold, one will come up like a lion from the ⁴thickets of the Jordan against a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is ⁵chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is ⁶like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd ⁷who can stand against Me?"

20 Therefore hear the ⁸plan of the LORD which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely * they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely * He will make their pasture ⁹desolate because of them.

21 The ¹⁰earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red * Sea.

22 Behold, He will mount up and ¹¹swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the ¹²hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Prophecy against Damascus

23 Concerning ¹³Damascus. "¹⁴Hamath and ¹⁵Arpad are put to shame, For they have heard bad news; They are ¹⁶disheartened. There is anxiety by the sea, It ¹⁷cannot * be calmed.

24 "Damascus has become helpless; She has turned away to flee, And panic has gripped her; ¹⁸Distress and pangs have taken hold of her Like a woman in childbirth.

25 "How the ¹⁹city of praise has not been deserted, The town of My joy!

26 "Therefore, her ²⁰young men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day," declares the LORD of hosts.

27 "I will ²¹set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of ²²Ben-hadad."

Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor

28 Concerning ²³Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the LORD, "Arise, go up to Kedar And devastate the ²⁴men of the east.

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Jeremiah 49:18-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 49

This chapter contains prophecies concerning the judgments of God on several nations and kingdoms, chiefly bordering on the land of Israel; on the Ammonites, Jer 49:1-6; on the Edomites, Jer 49:7-22; on the kingdom of Damascus, or the Syrians, Jer 49:23-27; on the Kedarenes or Arabians, Jer 49:28-33; and on the Elamites or Persians, Jer 49:34-39.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 24

1. Genesis 19:24, 25; Deuteronomy 29:23; Jeremiah 50:40; Amos 4:11; Zephaniah 2:9
2. Job 18:15-18; Jeremiah 49:33
3. Jeremiah 50:44
4. Joshua 3:15; Jeremiah 12:5
5. Numbers 16:5
6. Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 46:9
7. Job 41:10
8. Isaiah 14:24, 27; Jeremiah 50:45
9. Malachi 1:3, 4
10. Jeremiah 50:46; Ezekiel 26:15, 18
11. Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 48:40; Hosea 8:1
12. Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 48:41
13. Genesis 14:15; Genesis 15:2; 2 Kings 5:12; 2 Chronicles 16:2; Isaiah 7:8; Isaiah 17:1; Amos 1:3; Acts 9:2
14. Numbers 13:21; Isaiah 10:9; Jeremiah 39:5; Amos 6:2
15. 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 10:9
16. Exodus 15:15; Nahum 2:10
17. Isaiah 57:20
18. Isaiah 13:8
19. Jeremiah 33:9; Jeremiah 51:41
20. Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 50:30; Amos 4:10
21. Jeremiah 43:12; Amos 1:3-5
22. 1 Kings 15:18-20; 2 Kings 13:3
23. Genesis 25:13; Psalms 120:5; Isaiah 21:16, 17; Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:21
24. Job 1:3; Isaiah 11:14

Footnotes 10

[a]. Lit "pride"
[b]. Or "an enduring habitation"
[c]. Or "habitation"
[d]. Lit "Sea of Reeds"
[e]. Or "one"
[f]. Or "over"
[g]. Or "deserted is the city of praise"
[h]. Or "destroyed"
[i]. Or "palaces"
[j]. Lit "sons"