Jeremiah 49:15

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

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!

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

16 As to the terror you cause, your presumptuous heart has deceived you. You who live in the clefts of the rock, you who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down. [This is] the Lord's declaration.

17 "Edom will become a desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be horrified and scoff because of all her wounds.