Jeremiah 49:18 - Exposition

As in the overthrow, etc.; comp. Deuteronomy 29:2 , which explains the reference in "the neighbour cities" (Admah and Zeboim). The verse is repeated in Jeremiah 50:40 ; It does not, of course, mean that rite and brimstone should be the agents of destruction (nor is even Isaiah 34:9 to be understood literally), but that the desolate appearance of Edom should remind of that of the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea (comp. Isaiah 13:19 ; Amos 4:11 ).