Jeremiah 49:15

15 "For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.

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 I have sworn by Myself," declares the LORD , "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins."

14 I have heard a message from the LORD , And an envoy is sent among the nations, saying, "Gather yourselves together and come against her, And rise up for battle!"

15 "For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.

16 "As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle's, I will bring you down from there," declares the LORD .

17 "Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.