Jeremiah 49:14-16

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,^[a] your presumptuous heart has deceived you. You who live in the clefts of the rock,^[b] 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.^[c]

Jeremiah 49:14-16 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.

Footnotes

• [a] Lit Your horror
• [b] Petra; Jdg 1:36; 2 Kg 14:7; Isa 16:1
• [c] Ob 1-4