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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:7-22

Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian deserts, and held the same relation to Judah which Moab held toward the kingdom of Israel. Although expressly reserved from attack by Moses Deuteronomy 2:5, a long feud caused the Edomites to cherish so bitter an enmity against Judah, that they exulted with cruel joy over the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans, and showed great cruelty toward those why fled to them for... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 49:20-22

Jeremiah 49:20-22. Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord Let them, the Edomites, hear and consider what God hath purposed against them. Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out By the least of the flock, may be here understood the common soldiers in the Chaldean army, any one of whom, he says, shall have courage and strength enough to conquer the Idumeans, and draw them to slaughter or captivity. The earth is moved at the noise of their fall The neighbouring countries are... 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 49:20

counsel. Referring to Teman's wisdom. Compare Jeremiah 49:7 . taken = counselled. Figure of speech Polyptoton. draw them out. As a dog drags away and tears a dead body. habitations: or, folds. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 49:21

the noise thereof. Hebrew = its sound. Some codices, with eight early printed editions and Aramaean, read "at their noise" (plural) in = at. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 49:20

Jeremiah 49:20. Surely the least of the flock shall draw them— Surely the tender lambs of the flock shall be carried away; their pastures shall be laid waste even in their presence. Houbigant. Others, by the least of the flock, understand the common soldiers in the Chaldean army; "any one of whom (says the prophet) shall have sufficient strength and courage to defeat the Idumaean forces." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:20

20. least of the flock—the weakest and humblest of the Chaldean host. Compare :-, where the hostile leaders and their hosts are called "shepherds and their flocks." draw . . . out—"shall drag them away captive" [GROTIUS]; shall drag them to and fro, as a lion ( :-) does feeble sheep [MAURER]. with them —that is, the habitation which they possess. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:21

21. was heard in—that is, shall be heard at. Red Sea—a considerable distance from Idumea; though the district at the Elantic bay of the Red Sea originally belonged to Idumea, and the sea itself was called from Edom, that is, "red" ( :-, Margin). Others translate, "the weedy sea" (Margin), and derive the name, "Red Sea," from its red weeds; the former view is preferable. 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 49:20-21

God’s purposes for Edom were to have enemies drag all the people from their country, even the children, leaving the land desolate of people. News of Edom’s destruction would spread far and have major repercussions. Even Egypt would hear of it, since the news would cross the Red Sea. read more

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