John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:12
For thus saith the Lord ,.... This that follows shows that what goes before is not said by way of promise and comfort, but threatening: behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken ; meaning either some of the other nations, who had not dealt so ill with the Jews as the Edomites had, at least their sins were not so aggravated as theirs were; they being akin to the Jews, and having used them in a very injurious and scornful manner; or the Jews... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7-22
The Edomites come next to receive their doom from God, by the mouth of Jeremiah: they also were old enemies to the Israel of God; but their day will come to be reckoned with, and it is now at hand, and is foretold, not only for warning to them, but for comfort to the Israel of God, whose afflictions were very much aggravated by their triumphs over them and joy in their calamity, Ps. 137:7. Many of the expressions used in this prophecy concerning Edom are borrowed from the prophecy of Obadiah,... read more