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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 49:14-16

Jeremiah 49:14-16. I have heard a rumour Hebrew, שׁמועה , a report or message, from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen. Obadiah begins his prophecy against Edom in similar words. The prophets, it must be observed, “often represent God as summoning armies, and setting them in array of battle against those people whom he has decreed to destroy. And his stirring up men’s spirits to invade such countries, is described here as if he had sent an ambassador to the Chaldeans... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7-22

A message concerning Edom (49:7-22)The Edomites, the descendants of Esau, prided themselves that they were cleverer than peoples of surrounding nations. They were confident that their country was safe against attack because its rugged mountains provided it with a good defence system. The prophet tells them that neither their wisdom nor their defences will save them from the destruction that God has determined for them (7-8).A vineyard worker picks the grapes that are ripe but leaves the rest; a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 49:16

terribleness = monstrous thing: i.e. an Edomite Asherah. App-42 . pride = insolence. the rock. Probably Sela. nest. Compare Obadiah 1:4 . eagle = vulture. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 49:16

Jeremiah 49:16. Thy terribleness, &c.— "Thou hast been formerly terrible to all about thee; the confidence thou hast in thy strength, hath rendered thee careless and secure, and given thine enemies an advantage over thee." We learn from St. Jerome, who lived in the neighbourhood, that Idumaea was a rocky mountainous country, and that many of the inhabitants dwelt in caves dug out of the rocks and hills. See chap. Jer 1:53.Amos 9:2; Amos 9:2. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:16

16. terribleness—the terror which thou didst inspire into others. deceived thee—rendered thee proudly confident, as if none would dare to assail thee. dwellest in . . . rock—Petra, the chief of Idumea, was cut in the rocks; its ruins are very remarkable. The whole south of Idumea abounds in cave dwellings and rocks. though . . . nest . . . eagle— (Job 39:27; Obadiah 1:3; Obadiah 1:4). The eagle builds its nest in the highest craggy eyry. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 49:7-22

E. The oracle against Edom 49:7-22The Edomites lived to the southeast of Judah, south of Moab. The Zered River was their northern border, the Gulf of Aqabah (about 100 miles to the south) the southern, the Arabah the western, and the desert the eastern borders. The Edomites were descendants of Esau, and a long history of antagonism with the Israelites that reached back to the days of Jacob and Esau, and Israel’s wilderness wanderings, marked their relationship (cf. Numbers 20:14-21; Judges... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 49:16

Edom had deceived herself by thinking that other nations would be too afraid of her apparently impregnable location to attack her. But the Lord promised to bring her down and to humble her arrogance (cf. Obadiah 1:1-4). "The rock" is a translation of Sela, a site near the city carved out of rock near Bozrah, later called Petra (in Greek). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:1-39

Against Ammon, Edom, and other Nations1-6. The territory of Ammon was N. of Moab, and the two peoples were connected by descent. The carrying away of the tribes on the E. of Jordan by Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria (2 Kings 15:29), strengthened the hands of Ammon, and it is their occupation of the portion of Gad upon that occasion that forms the crime which is dwelt on in this prophecy, and which shall bring on them judgment.1. Their king] RV ’Malcam,’or Moloch, the god of the Ammonites, and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 49:16

(16) Thy terribleness hath deceived thee.—The substantive does not occur elsewhere. Etymo-logically it may mean “terror of,” or “object of terror;” but a cognate word is found in 1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 15:16 in the sense of an “idol,” probably of the Phallic or Priapus type, and that is probably the meaning. Such an idol is called scornfully the horror of Edom, just as the God of Israel was “the fear of Isaac” (Genesis 31:42). So Milton speaks of Chemosh as the “obscene dread of Moab’s... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 49:1-39

CHAPTER 49 Concerning Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, and Elam 1. Concerning the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:1-6 ) 2. Concerning Edom (Jeremiah 49:7-22 ) 3. Concerning Damascus (Jeremiah 49:23-27 ) 4. Concerning Kedar and Hazor (Jeremiah 49:28-33 ) 5. Against Elam (Jeremiah 49:34-39 ) Ammon was the younger brother of Moab, and, like the Moabites, the Ammonites were a wicked people, though they had no cities like Moab, but were restless wanderers; they were also the enemies of Israel. The... read more