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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:17

Also Edom shall be a desolation ,.... Not only Bozrah, its principal city, before spoken of, but the whole country of Idumea should be laid waste; its fortified cities destroyed; its riches plundered; and its inhabitants slain with the sword; or carried captive: everyone that goeth by it shall be astonished ; at the desolation made, so suddenly and so universally: and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof ; rejoice at them; clap their hands, and shake their heads, as the Targum; and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:18

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah ,.... Which was so sudden and general, that nothing was left, or any spared; so should it be with Edom: and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord ; the cities that were in the plain, Admah and Zeboim: no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it ; that is, of the race of Edom; no Idumean should inhabit it; otherwise those who conquered it should, and doubtless did. There seems to be some allusion to the Dead sea,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan ,.... The Targum rightly interprets it of a king and his army, paraphrasing the words thus, "behold, a king with his army shall come up against them, as a lion comes up from the height of Jordan;' not the king of Edom that should come up against Judea, or to defend himself against those that invaded him; but Nebuchadnezzar and his army that should come up against the Edomites from the land of Judea, where Jordan was, having... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:20

Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that he hath taken against Edom ,.... The decree of the Lord; the purpose and resolution he had taken up in his heart against the Idumeans, which was wisely formed, and upon just and good grounds: and his purposes that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman ; a principal place in Edom, the inhabitants of which were famous for their wisdom, Jeremiah 49:7 ; and therefore are here particularly mentioned; there being no wisdom, nor... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:21

The earth is moved at the noise of their fall ,.... Of the Edomites; whose fall was from the height of greatness and glory to a very low condition indeed; and as things, the higher they are from whence they fall, the greater noise they make, so it was with the Edomites; perhaps there may be some allusion to the falling of rocks and hills, with which Edom, abounded: this may respect either the noise and shout of the conquerors, when they fell; or the cry of the Edomites, when taken and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:22

Behold, he shall come up, and fly as the eagle ,.... The Targum is, "behold, as an eagle comes up and flies, so shall a king come up with his army;' the king of Babylon with his army, compared to an eagle for his swiftness and voraciousness, as before to a lion for his strength and fierceness: and spread his wings over Bozrah ; besiege that city, invest it, and seize upon it; very fitly are the wings of an army expressed by the wings of this bird, denoting both their extent and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:23

Concerning Damascus ,.... Or, "unto Damascus" F4 לדמשק "ad Damascum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus. ; or, "against Damascus" F5 "Contra Damascum", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt. ; that is, "thus saith the Lord"; which is to be repeated from the foregoing instances, Jeremiah 49:1 . This is to be understood, not only of the city of Damascus, but of the whole kingdom of Syria, of which Damascus was the metropolis; see Isaiah 7:8 ; Hamath is confounded,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:24

Damascus is waxed feeble ,.... Or, "is become remiss" F7 רפתה "remissa erit", Junius & Tremellius; "remissa est", Cocceius, Piscator; "remissa facta est", Schmidt. ; her hands hang down, not being able through fear and fright to lift them up against the enemy; that is, the inhabitants of Damascus, as the Targum: and turneth herself to flee ; instead of going out to meet the enemy, the inhabitants of this city meditated a flight, and turned their backs upon him in order to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:25

How is the city of praise not left ,.... The city of Damascus, famous for its antiquity, its wealth and riches, strength and power; and with the Heathens for its devotion and superstition. So Julian F9 Opera, par. 2. Ep. 24. p. 145. the emperor calls it, "the truly city of Jupiter; the eye of the whole east; Damascus the holy and the greatest;' but more especially for its delightful and pleasant situation. Benjamin Tudelensis F11 Itinerarium, p. 54, 55. says it was, in his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:26

Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets ,.... Or "verily" F15 לכן "certe", Gataker. so Jarchi interprets it as an oath; Jehovah swearing that so it should be; that her young men, her choice ones such who were the flower of the city, and on whom its future prosperity depended; these should fall by the sword of the Chaldeans in the streets of the city, when having entered, and taken it: and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts ;... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:26

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