Jeremiah 49:22-32

22 Behold, He will mount up and ¹swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the ²hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Prophecy against Damascus

23 Concerning ³Damascus. "⁴Hamath and ⁵Arpad are put to shame, For they have heard bad news; They are ⁶disheartened. There is anxiety by the sea, It ⁷cannot * be calmed.

24 "Damascus has become helpless; She has turned away to flee, And panic has gripped her; ⁸Distress and pangs have taken hold of her Like a woman in childbirth.

25 "How the ⁹city of praise has not been deserted, The town of My joy!

26 "Therefore, her ¹⁰young 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 ¹¹set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of ¹²Ben-hadad."

Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor

28 Concerning ¹³Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the LORD, "Arise, go up to Kedar And devastate the ¹⁴men of the east.

29 "They will take away their tents and their flocks; They will carry off for themselves Their tent ¹⁵curtains, all their goods and their ¹⁶camels, And they will call out to one another, '¹⁷Terror on every side!'

30 "Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor," declares the LORD; "For ¹⁸Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you And devised a scheme against you.

31 "Arise, go up against a nation which is ¹⁹at ease, Which lives securely," declares the LORD. "It has ²⁰no gates or bars; They ²¹dwell alone.

32 "Their camels will become plunder, And their many cattle for booty, And I will ²²scatter to all the winds those who ²³cut the corners of their hair; And I will bring their disaster from every side," declares the LORD.

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Jeremiah 49:22-32 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 23

1. Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 48:40; Hosea 8:1
2. Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 48:41
3. 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
4. Numbers 13:21; Isaiah 10:9; Jeremiah 39:5; Amos 6:2
5. 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 10:9
6. Exodus 15:15; Nahum 2:10
7. Isaiah 57:20
8. Isaiah 13:8
9. Jeremiah 33:9; Jeremiah 51:41
10. Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 50:30; Amos 4:10
11. Jeremiah 43:12; Amos 1:3-5
12. 1 Kings 15:18-20; 2 Kings 13:3
13. Genesis 25:13; Psalms 120:5; Isaiah 21:16, 17; Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:21
14. Job 1:3; Isaiah 11:14
15. Habakkuk 3:7
16. 1 Chronicles 5:21
17. Jeremiah 46:5
18. Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 27:6
19. Judges 18:7; Isaiah 47:8
20. Isaiah 42:11
21. Numbers 23:9; Deuteronomy 33:28; Micah 7:14
22. Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel 12:14, 15
23. Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 25:23

Footnotes 6

[a]. Or "one"
[b]. Or "over"
[c]. Or "deserted is the city of praise"
[d]. Or "destroyed"
[e]. Or "palaces"
[f]. Lit "sons"