Jeremiah 49:22 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 49:22

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:22

He shall come up and fly as the eagle - Nebuchadnezzar. See Jeremiah 48:40 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:22

Verse 22 He again speaks of the speedy coming of the Chaldeans, as though he had said, “When the state of that nation shall seem peaceable, when they rest secure in their own nest, then shall the Chaldeans suddenly come, or rather fly.” For he compares them to eagles, in order to show that it would be a very quick and ruinous expedition. At the time this prophecy was declared by the Prophet, no one could have suspected that the Chaldeans would become enemies to the Idumeans, for they were on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:19-22

Figures descriptive of the unique physical qualities of the destined conqueror of Edom. Both figures have been used before (see Jeremiah 4:7 ; Jeremiah 48:40 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:22

Behold, he shall come up … Bozrah. Repeated from Jeremiah 48:40 , with the substitution of "Bozrah" for "Moab," and the addition of "and he shall come up" from Jeremiah 48:19 . For "Bozrah," see on Jeremiah 48:13 . And at that day. Repeated from Jeremiah 48:41 (latter half), with the exception that "Edom" stands for "Moab." 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 49:20-22

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 49:22

fly as the eagle. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49 ). App-92 . Compare Jeremiah 48:40 . mighty men. Hebrew. geber. App-14 . read more