Jeremiah 49:24 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 49:23-27

The kingdom of Syria lay north of Canaan, as that of Edom lay south, and thither we must now remove and take a view of the approaching fate of that kingdom, which had been often vexatious to the Israel of God. Damascus was the metropolis of that kingdom, and the ruin of the whole is supposed in the ruin of that: yet Hamath and Arpad, two other considerable cities, are names (Jer. 49:23), and the palaces of Ben-hadad, which he built, are particularly marked for ruin, Jer. 49:27; see also Amos... read more

John Gill

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:24

Verse 24 The Prophet goes on with the same subject, for as the kingdom of Syria had flourished, and had been eminent in wealth and power, it was hardly credible that it could so soon be overthrown. This, then, is the reason why the Prophet, according to his usual manner, describes at large the ruin of that kingdom in order to confirm what he said. He then says, relaxed, or weakened, is Damascus This verb, indeed, sometimes means to cease: he means that she was broken in strength. But under the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:23-27

The heading Concerning Damascus is too limited (like that of the partly parallel prophecy in Isaiah 17:1-11 ); for the prophecy relates, not only to Damascus, the capital of the kingdom of southeastern Aram (or Syria), but to Hamath, the capital of the northern kingdom. (The third of the Aramaean kingdoms, that of Zobah, had ceased to exist.) Damascus had already been threatened by Amos ( Amos 1:3-5 ), and by Isaiah ( Isaiah 17:1-11 ). We may infer from the prophecy that Damascus had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:24

The fall of Damascus; or, the lovely and the lovable lost. Here and in Isaiah and Amos we have predictions of the overthrow of Damascus. "The burden of Damascus" says Isaiah. "Behold! Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap." Jeremiah likens the agitated minds of the multitude of her inhabitants to the unquiet sea—still not for one moment. And the cause of that unquietness is their sorrow at the desolations coming on them. And yet she was no mean city. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:24

And turneth - Omit and. The original is a rapid sequence of unconnected sentences. “Damascus is unnerved; she turned to flee, and a trembling seized her; anguish and writhings took hold of her etc.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 49:24-27

Jeremiah 49:24-27. Damascus is waxed feeble That is, the inhabitants of Damascus. They have lost their ancient courage and valour; they were wont to be formidable to their enemies, but now they flee before them. Fear, or rather, trembling, or, horror, as רשׂשׂ , properly signifies, hath seized on her, distress and pangs, Hebrew, צרה וחבלים , have taken her, as a woman in travail Great anguish and sorrow are ordinarily expressed by this similitude in the Scriptures. How is the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:23-27

A message concerning Damascus (49:23-27)Damascus was the capital of the country that in ancient times was known as Aram and later became known as Syria. The city had been conquered by Assyria in 732 BC (2 Kings 16:9), but when Jeremiah began his ministry it was still occupied, having become a provincial centre within the Assyrian Empire. Jeremiah now foresees that it is about to suffer the horrors of war and defeat again, because Babylon is about to conquer Assyria.This prophecy must have been... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 49:24

sorrows = pangs. Hebrew. hebel, as in Jeremiah 13:21 . read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 49:23-27

F. The oracle against Damascus 49:23-27Perhaps this oracle is shorter because Damascus had not had the history of contact with Judah, in recent years, that the other nations mentioned in these oracles did. However, the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles document incessant hostilities between the Arameans and Israel and Judah-earlier in history. Damascus was the capital of Aram, and the leader of a coalition of Aramean city-states (cf. Isaiah 7:8). It stood about 150 miles north-northeast of... read more