Jeremiah 49:15

15 "Ah, Edom, I'm dropping you to last place among nations, the bottom of the heap, kicked around.

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 And as for Bozrah, your capital, I swear by all that I am" - God's Decree - "that that city will end up a pile of charred ruins, a stinking garbage dump, an obscenity - and all her daughter-cities with her."

14 I've just heard the latest from God. He's sent an envoy to the nations: "Muster your troops and attack Edom. Present arms! Go to war!"

15 "Ah, Edom, I'm dropping you to last place among nations, the bottom of the heap, kicked around.

16 You think you're so great - strutting across the stage of history, Living high in the impregnable rocks, acting like king of the mountain. You think you're above it all, don't you, like an eagle in its aerie? Well, you're headed for a fall. I'll bring you crashing to the ground." God's Decree.

17 "Edom will end up trash. Stinking, despicable trash. A wonder of the world in reverse.