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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 49:23-27

23-27 How easily God can dispirit those nations that have been most celebrated for valour! Damascus waxes feeble. It was a city of joy, having all the delights of the sons of men. But those deceive themselves who place their happiness in carnal joys.

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See also Jeremiah 49:23-27 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 49:23. _CONCERNING DAMASCUS._] This is the _head_ or _title_ of another prophecy. _Damascus_ was one of the principal cities of Syria. It was taken by David, 2 Samuel 8:6, was retaken...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Though the superscription is confined to Damascus, the prophecy relates to the whole of Aram, called by us Syria, which was divided into two parts, the northern, of which Hamath was the capital, and t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 49 Concerning Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, and Elam _ 1. Concerning the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:1) _ 2. Concerning Edom (Jeremiah 49:7) 3. Concerning Damascus (Jeremiah 49:23)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DAMASCUS. The prophecy refers to the Aramæ ans; Hamath, 110 miles N. of Damascus, and Arpad, 95 m. N. of Hamath, never belonged to the Damascene kingdom. They were absorbed into the Assyrian empire c....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE FORTY-SEVENTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). Damascus. The prophecy concerns Syria generally, of which Damascus was the principal city. HAMATH. Now _Hama,_ in the valley...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Damascus_ Damascus was for a long time held by a powerful dynasty of kings, who reduced the other cities under their own sway. _Hamath Hama_, on the Orontes, 110 miles N. of Damascus. _Arpad Tell-Er...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    CONCERNING DAMASCUS— Damascus was the capital of the kingdom of Syria, and had seemingly at this time swallowed up all the other petty sovereignties of that country. Isaiah had before uttered a prophe...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    VII. AN ORACLE CONCERNING DAMASCUS Jeremiah 49:23-27 Damascus was the capital of the kingdom of Aram (Syria), the northern neighbor of Israel. During the ninth century before Christ the Syrians were...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. CONCERNING DAMASCUS - prophecy as to D...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ON THE SEA] If with some Heb. MSS we read 'as' for 'on' it will refer to the hearts trouble-tossed by conquest....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CONCERNING DAMASCUS] The prophecy relates to Syria generally, of which this was the most important city....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AGAINST AMMON, EDOM, AND OTHER NATIONS 1-6. The territory of Ammon was N. of Moab, and the two peoples were connected by descent. The carrying away of the tribes on the E. of Jordan by Tiglath-pileser...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    CONCERNING DAMASCUS. — Damascus is named as the capital of Aram, or Syria. The kingdom first became powerful under Rezon after David’s death (1 Kings 11:23). In the history of 1 and 2 Kings we find it...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לְ דַמֶּ֗שֶׂק בֹּ֤ושָֽׁה חֲמָת֙ וְ אַרְפָּ֔ד...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXII DAMASCUS Jeremiah 49:23 "I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Benhadad."- Jeremiah 49:27 WE are a little surprised to meet with a prophecy o...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Against the children of Ammon Jeremiah raised a protest because their king was in possession of Gad. He declared that by the fierce judgment of war, they were to be dispossessed and driven forth. The...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Concerning (y) 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. (y) Which was the chief city of Sy...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Damascus, the capital of Syria, Isaias vii. 8. (Worthington) --- It was punished at the same time as the rest. (Josephus) --- Arphad; Arad, an island near Tyre, or Raphanæ. (Theodoret) --- Syriac, "R...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Edomites, the descendants of Esau, are here brought to account. Long grudge, and an old hatred to Jacob and his seed, marked this race: and to this hour the enmity hath not ceased. Galatians 4:29....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah speaks here of the kingdom of Syria, which he means by _Damascus_, where the kings, as it is well known, resided. The Syrians had been from the beginning very hostile to the Israelites; and h...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    CONCERNING DAMASCUS,.... Or, "unto Damascus" d; or, "against Damascus" e; that is, "thus saith the Lord"; which is to be repeated from the foregoing instances, Jeremiah 49:1. This is to be understood,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 23. _Concerning Damascus._] The c...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Concerning Damascus_ “Damascus was the capital of the kingdom of Syria: and had seemingly at this time swallowed up all the other petty sovereignties of that country. Isaiah had before uttered a prop...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Concerning Damascus. Hamath, a powerful city on the Orontes and formerly the capital of a country of the same name, IS CONFOUNDED, AND ARPAD, another mighty city, both of them now within the confines...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST DAMASCUS, HAZOK, AND ELAM...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FAINTHEARTED: _ Heb._ melted ON THE SEA: Or, as on the sea...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The prophet comes to denounce the judgments of God against Syria, another nation of the Gentiles. DAMASCUS was the head city of Syria, ISAIAH 7:8, ISAIAH 17:3, or Aram, (as in the Hebrew,) because it...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 49:23 Damascus H1834 Hamath H2574 Arpad H774 shamed H954 (H8804) heard H8085 (H8804) bad H7451 news...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS CONTINUED (JEREMIAH 49:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:64). Having learned that judgment was coming on Egypt, Philistia and Moab, we now go on to learn that it will also visit Am...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGMENT AGAINST DAMASCUS (JEREMIAH 49:23). Damascus was the capital city of Aram, an Aramean state which was north of Israel and part of what we now call Syria. It was situated on the main trade rout...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecies against the Ammonites, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, kingdoms of Hazor, Elam. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadrezzar, Zedekiah. CONCLUSION: Nations that despise and persecute God's...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 49:1. _Hath Israel no sons; hath he no heir?_ In this bold and striking manner the prophet commences his elegy on Ammon. The king of Ammon had in times of war, seized the cities of Gad. By ev...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _There is sorrow (as) on the sea; it cannot be quiet._ LIFE ON THE OCEAN That which was true of the cities spoken of in our text, is also true, though in a different sense, of every voyager on the s...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:23 DAMASCUS. See Isaiah 17:1 and Amos 1:3. The chief Aramean city,

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The prophecies against _Ammon, Edom, Damascus,_ and _Kedar._ Jeremiah 49:1 are synchronous with the previous chapter, but the section (Jere...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION On Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazer, and Elam. JEREMIAH 49:1 The violence of the Ammonites shall be severely punished. JEREMIAH 49:1 HATH ISRAEL NO SONS! The violent seizure, perp...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 49, he speaks first of the Ammonites. Now, the Ammonites were those people who were north of Moab and east of the Jordan in the upper Jordan area, east of the Sea of Galilee and the Gol...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 11:24; 2 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 18:34;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Damascus — Being the head of this country, is put for the whole country. Hamath — Hamath and Arpad were two cities also of Syria. On the sea — Their inhabitants that live near the sea shall be trouble...

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