Jeremiah 49:9-10

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

10 But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his secret places.^[c] 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.

Jeremiah 49:9-10 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] Dt 24:21
• [b] Ob 5
• [c] Jr 23:24; Ob 6