Jeremiah 49:7 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 49:7

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:7

Concerning Edom - This is a new and separate discourse. Teman - A part of Idumea, put here for the whole country. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:7

Verse 7 Here Jeremiah turns to Idumeans, who were most inveterate enemies to the chosen people, though their origin ought to have disposed them to show kindness to them, for they had descended from the same father, even Abraham. The Idumeans also gloried in their holy descent, and had circumcision in common with the Jews. It was then a most impious cruelty that the Idumeans entertained such bitter hatred towards their own blood. Hence our Prophet most severely reproved them, as also did Ezekiel... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7

Teman was celebrated for its "wisdom," i.e. for a practical moral philosophy, similar to that which we find in the less distinctly religions portions of the Book of Proverbs. It was this "wisdom" which formed the common element in the higher culture of the Semitic peoples, and of which the sacred narrator speaks when he says that "Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country" ( 1 Kings 4:30 ). One of Job's friends, Eliphaz, was a Temanite ( Job 2:11 ).... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7

The failure of wisdom. Edom, the country of Job, the haunt of ancient lore, is to find that her learning and science will prove no safeguard against the deluge of destruction that is about to burst over the nations. The disaster which fell upon ancient "wise men" of the East may be a warning to the higher intelligences of all ages. The failure of wisdom is twofold—negative and positive. I. NEGATIVE ; THERE ARE EVILS WITH WHICH WISDOM CANNOT COPE . 1 . Physical. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7

(cf. Obadiah 1:8 ; Isaiah 19:11 ; Isaiah 33:18 ).— Where is the wise? Edom, celebrated for its wisdom from of old ( Obadiah 1:8 ; Job 11:11 ; Baruch 3:22, 23), had secured itself in inaccessible fastnesses of the mountains, dwelling in rock-hewn cities. Eliphaz was a Temanite. It was chiefly in international relations that the skill or subtlety of the Idumaeans displayed itself. Their diplomacy was full of craft and falsehood, and could not be relied upon. Their wisdom was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7-10

A startling picture of the judgment impending over Edom, the severity of which is to be inferred from the behaviour of the sufferers. Observe, no allusion is made by Jeremiah to any special bitter feeling of the Edomites towards the Israelites, such as is implied in Isaiah 34:1-17 ; Ezekiel 35:1-15 , and other passages. With regard to the fulfilment of the prophecy, we may fairly quote in the first place Malachi 1:2-4 . The agents in the desolation there referred to (still fresh in... 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 49:7

Jeremiah 49:7. Concerning Edom The destruction of Edom, or Idumea, is likewise foretold by Ezekiel, Joel, Amos, and Obadiah: see the margin. Is wisdom no more in Teman “The eastern part of the world (by which is chiefly meant Arabia and the adjacent countries) was famous for the study of wisdom, or philosophy, as it was called in later times: see 1 Kings 4:30. The Edomites put in their claim to this prerogative, as appears from what is said here, and in the parallel place of Obadiah,... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:7-10

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 49:7

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