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Jeremiah 49

Introduction

1	The judgment of the Ammonites.
6	Their restoration.
7	The judgment of Edom;
23	of Damascus;
28	of Kedar;
30	of Hazor;
34	and of Elam.
39	The restoration of Elam.

Verse 1

Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

A. M. 3421. B.C. 583. Concerning. or, Against: 7,23,28, 48:1
Ammonites: 25:9,21, 27:3, Genesis 19:38, Deuteronomy 2:19, 23:3, 2 Chronicles 20:1,23, Psalms 83:7, Ezekiel 21:28-32, 25:2-10, Amos 1:13-15, Zephaniah 2:8-11
their king: or, Melcom.; Judges 10:7,8, 11:13-15, 1 Samuel 11:1-3, 2 Kings 10:33, 24:2, Nehemiah 2:19, 4:7, Nehemiah 13:1,2
cities: Psalms 9:6

Verse 2

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

that I will: 4:19, Ezekiel 25:4-6, Amos 1:14
Rabbah: Deuteronomy 3:11, Joshua 13:24,25, Ezekiel 21:20
Rabbath
her daughters: Numbers 21:25; *marg:; 2 Samuel 11:1, 12:27-29, Psalms 48:11, 97:8, Ezekiel 16:46-55
shall Israel: 1, Isaiah 14:1-3, Obadiah 1:19

Verse 3

Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

Howl: 48:20, 51:8, Isaiah 13:6, 14:31, 15:2, 16:7, 23:1,6, James 5:1
gird: 4:8, 6:26, 48:37, Isaiah 32:11,12
run: Job 30:3-7, Isaiah 15:2
their king: or, Melcom.; 1, 1 Kings 11:5,33, 2 Kings 23:13
Milcom: Zephaniah 1:5
Malcham
shall go: 46:25, 48:7, Amos 1:15

Verse 4

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

gloriest: 9:23, Isaiah 28:1-4, 47:7,8, Revelation 18:7
thy flowing valley: or, they valley floweth away. O backsliding.; 3:14, 7:24, Hosea 4:16
trusted: 48:7, Psalms 49:6, 52:7, 62:10, Proverbs 10:15, Ezekiel 28:4-7, 1 Timothy 6:17
Who: 16, 21:13, Obadiah 1:4,5

Verse 5

Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

I will: 29, 15:8, 20:4, 48:41-44, Joshua 2:9, 2 Kings 7:6,7, 19:7, Job 15:21, Proverbs 28:1
ye shall: 46:5, Amos 4:3
none: Isaiah 16:3, Obadiah 1:12-14

Verse 6

And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.

39, 46:26, 48:47, Isaiah 19:18-23, 23:18, Ezekiel 16:53

Verse 7

Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

Edom: 25:9,21, Genesis 25:30, 27:41, 36:8, Numbers 20:14-21, 24:17,18, Deuteronomy 23:7, Psalms 83:4-10, 137:7, Isaiah 34:1-17, 63:1-6, Ezekiel 25:12-14, 35:1-15, Daniel 11:41, Joel 3:19, Amos 1:11,12, Obadiah 1:1-9, Malachi 1:3,4
Is wisdom: 18:18, Job 5:12-14, Isaiah 19:11-13, 29:14, Obadiah 1:8, Romans 1:22,23
Teman: 20, Genesis 36:11,15, 1 Chronicles 1:53, Job 2:11, 4:1, Ezekiel 25:13, Amos 1:12, Obadiah 1:9, Habakkuk 3:3

Verse 8

Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

Flee: 30, 6:1, 48:6, Matthew 24:15-18, Revelation 6:15
turn back: or, they are turned back. dwell.; 48:28, Judges 6:2, 1 Samuel 13:6, Isaiah 2:21, Amos 9:1-3, Obadiah 1:3,4
Dedan: 25:23, Isaiah 21:13
for: 32, 46:21, 48:44, Lamentations 4:21,22

Verse 9

If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

grape-gatherers: Isaiah 17:6, Obadiah 1:5,6
till they have enough: Heb. their sufficiency.

Verse 10

But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.

I have made: Malachi 1:3,4, Romans 9:13
his secret: 23:24, Isaiah 45:3, Amos 9:3
his seed: Psalms 37:28, Isaiah 14:20-22, Obadiah 1:9
he is not: Psalms 37:35,36, Isaiah 17:14

Verse 11

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

thy fatherless: Deuteronomy 10:18, Psalms 10:14-18, 68:5, 82:3, 146:9, Proverbs 23:10,11, Hosea 14:3, Jonah 4:11, Malachi 3:5, James 1:27
let thy: 1 Timothy 5:5

Verse 12

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

they whose: 25:28,29, 30:11, 46:27, Proverbs 17:5, Lamentations 4:21,22, Obadiah 1:16, 1 Peter 4:17,18

Verse 13

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

I have: 44:26, Genesis 22:16, Isaiah 45:23, Ezekiel 35:11, Amos 6:8
Bozrah: 22, Genesis 36:33, Isaiah 34:6, 63:1, Amos 1:12
a desolation: 17,18, Isaiah 34:9-15, Ezekiel 25:13,14, 35:2-15, Joel 3:19, Obadiah 1:18, Malachi 1:3,4

Verse 14

I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

heard: 51:46, Isaiah 37:7, Ezekiel 7:25,26, Obadiah 1:1, Matthew 24:6
an ambassador: Isaiah 18:2,3, 30:4
Gather: 50:9-16, 51:11,27,28, Isaiah 13:2,3

Verse 15

For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

1 Samuel 2:7,8,30, Psalms 53:5, Obadiah 1:2, Micah 7:10, Luke 1:51

Verse 16

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

terribleness: 48:29, Proverbs 16:18, 18:21, 29:23, Isaiah 25:4,5, 49:25, Obadiah 1:3
dwellest: Song of Solomon 2:14, Isaiah 2:21
though: 48:28, Job 39:27, Isaiah 14:13-15, Ezekiel 28:11-19, Amos 9:2, Obadiah 1:4

Verse 17

Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

Edom: 13, Isaiah 34:9-15, Ezekiel 25:13, 35:7,15
every: 18:16, 50:13
shall hiss: 51:37, 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 7:20,21, Lamentations 2:15,16, Micah 6:16, Zephaniah 2:15

Verse 18

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

in the: 50:40, Genesis 19:24,25, Deuteronomy 29:23, Psalms 11:6, Isaiah 13:19-22, Amos 4:11, Zephaniah 2:9, 2 Peter 2:6, Jude 1:7
no man: 33, Job 18:15-18, Isaiah 34:10, Revelation 18:21-23

Verse 19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

he shall come: 4:7, 50:44-46, Zechariah 11:3
the swelling: 12:5, Joshua 3:15, 1 Chronicles 12:15
who is like: Exodus 15:11, Psalms 89:6,8, 113:5,6, Isaiah 40:25
appoint me the time: or, convent me in judgment.; Job 9:19,21, 23:3-7, 40:2-8, 42:3-5, Psalms 143:2
that shepherd: 30:21, Job 41:10, Psalms 76:7, Nahum 1:6, Revelation 6:17

Verse 20

Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

the counsel: 50:45, Psalms 33:11, Proverbs 19:21, Isaiah 14:24-27, 46:10,11, Acts 4:28, Ephesians 1:11
Teman: 7, Job 6:19,20
Surely: The prophet having given the name of the shepherd to the generals of the army, pursues the same metaphor, calling the common soldiers, "the least of the flock;" who shall have strength and courage enough to the defeat the Idumean forces.; 37:10, 50:45, Zechariah 4:6, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29
make: 13,17,18, Malachi 1:3,4

Verse 21

The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.

earth: 50:46, Isaiah 14:4-15, Ezekiel 26:15-18, 21:16, 32:10, Revelation 18:10
Red sea: Heb. Weedy sea.

Verse 22

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

he shall: 4:13, 48:40,41, Deuteronomy 28:49, Daniel 7:4, Hosea 8:1
Bozrah
the heart of the: 24, 4:31, 6:24, 13:21, 22:23, 30:6, 48:41, Psalms 18:5, Isaiah 13:8, 21:3, Isaiah 26:17, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Verse 23

Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

Damascus: Genesis 14:15, 15:2, 1 Kings 11:24, Isaiah 17:1-3, 37:13, Amos 1:3-5, Zechariah 9:1,2, 2 Corinthians 11:32
Hamath: Numbers 13:21, 2 Samuel 8:9, 2 Kings 17:24, 18:34, 19:13, Isaiah 10:9, 11:11
faint-hearted: Heb. melted.; Deuteronomy 20:8; *marg:; Joshua 2:11, 14:8, 2 Samuel 17:10, Isaiah 13:7, Nahum 2:10
sorrow: Isaiah 57:20
on the sea: or, as on the sea.; Psalms 107:26,27, Luke 8:23,24, 21:25,26, Acts 27:20

Verse 24

Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

anguish

Verse 25

How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

33:9, 48:2,39, 51:41, Psalms 37:35,36, Isaiah 1:26, 14:4-6, Daniel 4:30, Revelation 18:10,16-19

Verse 26

Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.

9:21, 11:22, 50:30, 51:3,4, Lamentations 2:21, Ezekiel 27:27, Amos 4:10

Verse 27

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

I will: Amos 1:3-5
Ben-hadad: 1 Kings 15:18-20, 20:1-22, 2 Kings 13:5

Verse 28

Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

Kedar: 2:10, Genesis 25:13, 1 Chronicles 1:29, Song of Solomon 1:5, Isaiah 21:13,16,17, 42:11, Ezekiel 27:21
Hazor: 30,33
Arise: 14,31, 50:14-16, Isaiah 13:2-5
spoil: Genesis 25:6, Judges 6:3, Job 1:3, Isaiah 11:14

Verse 29

Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

tents: Psalms 120:5, Isaiah 13:20, 60:7
curtains: 4:20, 10:20, Habakkuk 3:7
camels: Genesis 37:25, Judges 6:5, 7:12, 8:21,26, 1 Chronicles 5:20,21, Job 1:3
Fear: 24, 6:25, 20:3,4; *marg:; 46:5, Psalms 31:13, 2 Corinthians 4:8, 7:5

Verse 30

Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

get you far off: Heb. flit greatly. dwell.
for: 25:9,24,25, 27:6, Isaiah 10:7

Verse 31

Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

wealthy nations: or, nation that is at ease.; 48:11, Psalms 123:4, Isaiah 32:9,11
that: Judges 18:7-10,27, Isaiah 47:8, Ezekiel 30:9, 38:11, 39:6, Nahum 1:12, Zephaniah 2:15
which dwell: Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 33:28, Judges 18:28, Micah 7:14

Verse 32

And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.

their camels
I will scatter: 36, Deuteronomy 28:64, Ezekiel 5:10,12, 12:14,15
in the utmost corners: Heb. cut off into corners, or, that have the corners of their hair polled.; 9:26, 25:23; *margins

Verse 33

And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

Hazor: Hazor as well as Kedar, with which it is joined, (ver. 28,) was no doubt situated in Arabia, and a place of considerable importance; but it is now no more, and its very name seems to have perished.
a dwelling: 17,18, 9:11, 10:22, 50:39,40, 51:37, Isaiah 13:20-22, 14:23, 34:9-17, Zephaniah 2:9,13-15, Malachi 1:3, Revelation 18:2,21,22

Verse 34

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

Cir: A.M. 3406. B.C. 598. Elam. Elam, the Elymaïs of the Greeks and Romans, was properly a province of the Persian empire, between Media and Susiana; but sometimes the name Elam is used in a larger sense, including Susiana and other provinces, (see Da 8:2,) all of which were subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards restored and raised to dignity by Cyrus.; 25:25, Genesis 10:22, 14:1, Ezra 4:9, Isaiah 21:2, Ezekiel 32:24,25, Daniel 8:2, Acts 2:9

Verse 35

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

break: 50:14,29, 51:56, Psalms 46:9, Isaiah 22:6
the bow: Strabo says that the mountainous part of Elymaïs chiefly bred archers; and Livy speaks of Elymæi sagittarii, "the Elymean archers."

Verse 36

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

the four winds: Daniel 7:2,3, 8:8,22, 11:4, Revelation 7:1
scatter: 32, Deuteronomy 28:25,64, Ezekiel 5:10,12, Amos 9:9
the outcasts: 30:17, Psalms 147:2, Isaiah 11:12, 16:3,4, 27:13, 56:8

Verse 37

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

to be: 5,22,24,29, 48:39, 50:36, Psalms 48:4-6, Ezekiel 32:23; *marg:
their enemies: 34:20,21
I will send the sword: 9:16, 48:2, Leviticus 26:33, Ezekiel 5:2,12, 12:14

Verse 38

And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.

43:10, Daniel 7:9-14

Verse 39

But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

in the: 48:47, Isaiah 2:2, Ezekiel 38:16, Daniel 2:28, 10:14, Hosea 3:5, Micah 4:1
I will: 6, Job 42:10, Ezekiel 16:53-55, 29:14, 39:25, Amos 9:14

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