Jeremiah 49:13-14

13 I swear by myself,” declares the LORD, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse,^[a] an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”

14 I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy was sent to the nations to say, “Assemble yourselves to attack it! Rise up for battle!”

Jeremiah 49:13-14 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 22:16
• 2. S Genesis 36:33; Isaiah 34:6
• 3. ver 17
• 4. Jeremiah 42:18
• 5. S Jeremiah 19:8; Ezekiel 35:9

Footnotes

• [a] That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.