Jeremiah 49:7-22

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 49:7

Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts ,.... Or, "unto Edom" F9 לאדום "ad Idumeam", V. L. "ad Edom", Pagninus, Montanus. , thus saith the Lord; or, "against Edom" F11 "Contra", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt. ; all which is true, as observed on Jeremiah 49:1 ; meaning the Idumeans, the posterity of Esau, who was called Edom. Kimchi thinks this respects time yet future, and points at the destruction of Rome, and the Romans, who with the Jews frequently go by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:8

Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan ,.... Another city in Idumea; though some take it to be a country in Arabia, bordering on Edom, and subdued by the Edomites: the inhabitants of this place are advised to "flee" for their lives, since the enemy was just upon them; and "turn back", lest they should fall into his hands; and hide themselves in some deep caverns of the earth, in holes, and dens of rocks, and such like places. It is a prophecy that they should flee from and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:9

If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes ?.... If gatherers of grapes, at the time of the vintage, should come into thy fields to gather the grapes, being ripe, would not they leave some for the poor to glean? certainly they would, and not take every cluster. The Targum renders it, "if thy spoilers, as grape gatherers, should come to thee,' &c.; if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough ; who break into houses by night, these... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:10

But I have made Esau bare ,.... By the hand of the Chaldeans; stripped him of everything that is valuable; of his cities, castles, villages, people, wealth, and treasure: I have uncovered his secret places ; where either his substance was hid, or his people; these were made known to their enemies, who seized on both: and he shall not be able to hide himself ; even in his deep places, in the caves and dens of the earth, but his enemy shall find him out: his seed is spoiled, and his... 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

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:13

For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord ,.... This he did, because he could swear by no greater, and to show the certain and infallible accomplishment of the event, and the importance of it; and which was so extraordinary, that it was scarce thought credible, and therefore an oath is used to confirm it: that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse ; not Rome, as Abarbinel; nor Jerusalem, as Cocceius; nor Bozrah of Moab, Jeremiah 48:24 ; but Bozrah of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:14

I have heard a rumour from the Lord ,.... "A hearing" F12 שמועה "auditum audivi", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt. ; or a report concerning the destruction of Edom, made to him in a dream or vision, by the spirit of God, as a spirit of prophecy: and an ambassador is sent to the Heathen ; or a messenger; Jeremiah the prophet, as some; or an angel, as Kimchi suggests, sent to gather the nations to war against Bozrah; or a divine impulse, as others, with which the Chaldeans were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:15

For, lo, I will make thee small among the Heathen ,.... Or, "I have given thee", or "made thee" F13 נתתיך "posui", Munster; "reddidi", Piscator; "dedi", V. L. Cocceius, Schmidt. ; as if it respected what Edom was at first, a people few in number, and their country not large, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi, and after them Abarbinel: but it rather intends what Edom should be F14 Dabo, Pagninus, Montanus. So Ben Melech. ; and which was the reason of gathering the Chaldeans against them,... read more

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