Jeremiah 49:11 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:11

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive ,.... Leave them with me; commit them to my care; I will provide for them; they shall have food and raiment, and want nothing to make them comfortable: to have such a friend or friends, promising such things to a man, when he is obliged to flee and leave his family, or is at the point of death, serves to make him easy; but there would be none left of the Edomites to say such kind words, or do such a friendly part. Some think they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:11

Leave thy fatherless children - The connection of this with the context is not easy to be discerned; but, as a general maxim, it is of great importance. Widows and orphans are the peculiar care of God. He is as the best of fathers to the one, and the most loving of husbands to the other. Even the widows and orphans of Esau, who escape the general destruction, shall be taken care of by the Lord. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:11

Verse 11 With regard to the end of the verse, some give this explanation, “There will be none to say:” there is then a word to be understood, — “there will be none to say, Leave thy orphans to me, I will nourish or sustain them, or I will he a father to them; and thy widows, let them hope or trust in me, or rest on me.” For it is no small comfort to parents, when they know that their widows would have one to flee to, and also their orphans. When one dies and sees that his widow is destitute of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:11

Leave thy fatherless children, etc. The invitation means more than might be supposed. It is equivalent to a promise of the revival of the Edomitish people (comp. on Jeremiah 46:26 ; Jeremiah 48:47 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:11

A promise for orphans and widows. I. GOD BRINGS SOME MITIGATION TO THE SEVEREST CALAMITY . The merciful assurance of care for the helpless sufferers occurs in the midst of a stern denunciation of doom upon Edom, as a strange and startling relief to the terrible words that follow and precede. Here is a rift in the cloud through which a sunbeam of Divine love falls upon the dark scene of judgment. The thunderstorm of God's wrath never so covers the whole heavens that no ray... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:11

Consolation for a father's dying bed. Perhaps there is no greater sorrow than is suggested here—the husband and father leaving widow and helpless children apparently without a friend to support or aid them. If it were not for the beatific vision of God, the perfect persuasion of his wisdom and power and love, which the blessed dead enjoy, they would be entreating God piteously to allow them to return hither once more, and to shelter their loved ones from the cruel hardships of this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:11-13

A merciful mitigation of the prophet's stern threat. The true God will provide for the widows and orphans, if Edom will but commit them to him. And let not Edom think it strange that he is punished; for even Israel, the chosen people, has drunk of the bitter cup. Yea, Jehovah has sworn "by himself" that all Edom's cities shall be laid waste. read more

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 49:11

Jeremiah 49:11. Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them, &c. The Chaldee paraphrast understands this of the Jews, to whom the following words do certainly belong, as if it contained God’s promise to take care of their families, in that distressed and forlorn state to which the captivity had reduced them. Some, who apply it to the Edomites, understand it as spoken by way of irony, in which light they understand Isaiah 16:4. “But there is nothing in the context,” says... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:11-13

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 49:11

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