Jeremiah 49:13-14

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 49:13

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:13

Bozrah shall become a desolation - Bozrah, a city of Idumea, is here put for the whole country. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:14

I have heard a rumor - The Lord has revealed to me what he is about to do to the Edomites. An ambassador is sent - I believe this means only that God has given permission, and has stirred up the hearts of these nations to go against those whom he has doomed to destruction. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:13

Verse 13 Here the Prophet confirms what he had already prophesied respecting the Idumeans; but to remove every doubt, he says, that God had sworn; and he introduces God as the speaker, in order that his word might be emphatical. He then declares that God had made an oath respecting the destruction of Bozrah. What is particular is put for what is general; for he includes the whole nation under the name of this city. Nor does he simply declare that the Idumeans would be laid waste and destroyed,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:14

Verse 14 The Prophet again shews that God would be the author of the calamity of which he speaks; for if things were viewed by men, no one could have thought that the Idumeans could in so short a time be destroyed. It was therefore necessary for the faithful to raise upwards their minds. And this the Prophet had in view when he said that all this would be from God. But most forcible are his words when he says, We have heard a hearing; some say, “a report,” but improperly, as I think; for... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:13

Bozrah . This seems to have been at one time the capital of Edom (see Amos 1:12 ; Isaiah 34:6 ; Isaiah 63:1 ). It was a hill city (comp. on Jeremiah 49:16 ); a village called Busaira ( i.e. little Bozrah) now stands among its ruins. Perpetual wastes. A phrase characteristic of Jeremiah (see also Jeremiah 25:9 ) and of the second part of Isaiah ( Isaiah 58:12 ; Isaiah 61:4 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:14

I have heard a rumour. In Obadiah it is " we have heard," i.e. the company of prophets (comp. Isaiah 53:1 , "Who hath believed our report?" according to one interpretation). Jeremiah, to justify his adoption of the outward form of his prophecy, declares that he is personally responsible for its substance. "Rumour," or as the word is elsewhere rendered, "report," is a technical term for a prophetic revelation ( Obadiah 1:1 ; Isaiah 28:9 , Isaiah 28:19 ; Isaiah 53:1 ; comp. ... read more

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