Jeremiah 49:6-16

6 "But afterward * I will ¹restore The fortunes of the sons of Ammon," Declares the LORD.

Prophecy against Edom

7 Concerning ²Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Is there no longer any ³wisdom in ⁴Teman? Has good counsel been lost to the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

8 "Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of ⁵Dedan, For I will bring the ⁶disaster of Esau upon him At the time I punish him.

9 "⁷If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, They would destroy only until they had enough.

10 "But I have ⁸stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his hiding places So that he will not be able to conceal himself; His offspring has been destroyed along with his relatives And his neighbors, and ⁹he is no more.

11 "Leave your ¹⁰orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your ¹¹widows trust in Me."

12 For thus says the LORD, "Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the ¹²cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be ¹³completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it.

13 "For I have ¹⁴sworn by Myself," declares the LORD, "that ¹⁵Bozrah will become an ¹⁶object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins."

14 I have ¹⁷heard a message from the LORD, And an ¹⁸envoy is sent among the nations, saying, "¹⁹Gather yourselves together and come against her, And rise up for battle!"

15 "For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.

16 "As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the ²⁰rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as ²¹high as an eagle's, I will ²²bring you down from there," declares the LORD.

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Jeremiah 49:6-16 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 22

1. Jeremiah 48:47; Jeremiah 49:39
2. Genesis 25:30; Genesis 32:3; Isaiah 34:5, 6; Jeremiah 25:21; Ezekiel 25:12; Amos 1:11; Obad 1-21
3. Job 2:11; Jeremiah 8:9
4. Gen 36:11, 15, 34; Jeremiah 49:20
5. Isaiah 21:13; Jeremiah 25:23
6. Jeremiah 46:21; Malachi 1:3, 4
7. Obadiah 5
8. Jeremiah 13:26
9. Isaiah 17:14
10. Psalms 68:5; Hosea 14:3
11. Psalms 68:5; Zechariah 7:10
12. Jeremiah 25:15
13. Jeremiah 25:28, 29; 1 Peter 4:17
14. Genesis 22:16; Isaiah 45:23; Jeremiah 44:26; Amos 6:8
15. Genesis 36:33; 1 Chronicles 1:44; Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 63:1; Amos 1:12
16. Isaiah 34:9-15; Jeremiah 18:16
17. Obad 1-4
18. Isaiah 18:2; Isaiah 30:4
19. Jeremiah 50:14
20. 2 Kings 14:7; Jeremiah 48:28
21. Job 39:27; Isaiah 14:13-15
22. Amos 9:2

Footnotes 9

[a]. Or "captivity"
[b]. Or "brought"
[c]. Or "punished"
[d]. Lit "their sufficiency"
[e]. Lit "seed"
[f]. Lit "brothers"
[g]. Or "fatherless"
[h]. Lit "whose judgment was not to"
[i]. Or "Sela"