Jeremiah 49:7-14

Prophecies against Edom

7 About Edom, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?^[a] Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom rotted away?^[b]

8 Run! Turn back! Lie low, residents of Dedan,^[c] for I will bring Esau's calamity on him at the time I punish him.^[d]

9 If grape harvesters came to you, wouldn't they leave some gleanings?^[e] Were thieves to come in the night, they would destroy only what they wanted.^[f]

10 But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his secret places.^[g] He will try to hide himself, but he will be unable. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors. He will exist no longer.

11 Abandon your orphans; I will preserve them; let your widows trust in Me.^[h]

12 "For this is what the Lord says: If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not remain unpunished, for you must drink [it] too.

13 For by Myself I have sworn"-the Lord's declaration-"Bozrah^[i] will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will become ruins forever."^[j]

14 I have heard a message from the Lord; an envoy has been sent among the nations: Assemble yourselves to come against her. Rise up for war!

Jeremiah 49:7-14 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. southern Edom, or Edom; Ezk 25:13; Ob 9
• [b]. Ob 8-9
• [c]. Gn 25:1-3; Ezk 25:13
• [d]. Jr 6:15; 8:12; Ob 8-13
• [e]. Dt 24:21
• [f]. Ob 5
• [g]. Jr 23:24; Ob 6
• [h]. Dt 10:18; Ps 68:5
• [i]. Edom's capital; Am 1:12
• [j]. Jr 25:28-29