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Verse Jeremiah 49:19. _BEHOLD, HE SHALL COME UP LIKE A LION_] See the
note on Jeremiah 12:5. The similitude used here is well illustrated by
Dr. _Blayney_: "When I shall occasion a like commotion in...
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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...
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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)...
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EDOM. For the land, and the relations of this people to Israel, see on
Obadiah, from Jeremiah 49:1 of which the present prophecy has taken
verbally Jeremiah 49:9; Jeremiah 49:14. This does not, in its...
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HE. Nebuchadnezzar. See note on Jeremiah 48:40.
LIKE. LION. Figure of speech _Simile._ Contrast Jeremiah 4:7, where
the assault is against Zion and the feelings are more deeply stirred.
SWELLING. Heb...
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BEHOLD, &C.— Maundrell, speaking of the Jordan, says, that the bank
of the river is so beset with bushes and trees, such as tamarisks,
willows, oleanders, that you can see no water till you have made...
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C. The Chosen Conqueror and the Divine Counsel Jeremiah 49:19-22
TRANSLATION
(19) Behold, as a lion from the pride of Jordan goes up unto the
strong habitation, so will I suddenly make him run from i...
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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...
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HE] the enemy of Edom. LIKE A LION FROM THE SWELLING OF JORDAN] see on
Jeremiah 12:5. AGAINST THE HABITATION OF THE STRONG] RM 'unto the
permanent pastures,' as the spot where a lion would be most lik...
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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...
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CONCERNING EDOM] The bitterness of the tone in which Edom is addressed
in this prophecy is doubtless to be ascribed to the affinity between
them and the Jews, which made the unnatural exultation of Ed...
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LIKE A LION FROM THE SWELLING OF JORDAN. — Better, as in Jeremiah
12:5, _the pride of Jordan_ — _i.e.,_ the thick jungle-forests which
were the glory of its banks.
AGAINST THE HABITATION OF THE STRONG...
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הִ֠נֵּה כְּ אַרְיֵ֞ה יַעֲלֶ֨ה מִ
גְּאֹ֣ון הַ
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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...
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Behold, (q) he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan
against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make (r) him
run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may a...
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_Swelling. Literally, "pride;" (Haydock) or those banks which the
Jordan reaches, when it overflows. They are lined with woods, from
which lions rush to devour the sheep. (Calmet) --- Strong "one's
dw...
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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....
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The Prophet here confirms what he had said, that such would be the
violence of the Chaldean army, that the Idumeans would not be able to
resist it. He then says, that the Chaldeans would come like lio...
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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...
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BEHOLD, HE SHALL COME UP LIKE A LION FROM THE SWELLING OF JORDAN,....
The Targum rightly interprets it of a king and his army, paraphrasing
the words thus,
"behold, a king with his army shall come up...
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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 o...
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_Edom shall be a desolation; every one shall hiss_, &c. See note on
Jeremiah 18:16. _As in the overthrow of Sodom_, &c. A proverbial
expression, denoting an utter destruction. _Behold, he shall come u...
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AGAINST EDOM...
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Behold, he, the conqueror sent by Jehovah, SHALL COME UP LIKE A LION
FROM THE SWELLING OF JORDAN, from his den in the thickets of the
river, AGAINST THE HABITATION OF THE STRONG, into the meadow of th...
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APPOINT ME:
Or, convent me in judgment...
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7-22 The Edomites were old enemies to the Israel of God. But their day
is now at hand; it is foretold, not only to warn them, but for the
sake of the Israel of God, whose afflictions were aggravated b...
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This verse is very variously interpreted; some by HE understand the
Jews, some understand Nebuchadnezzar, some understand the Edomites; I
think the last is most probable to be here meant, because of t...
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Jeremiah 49:19 up H5927 (H8799) lion H738 floodplain H1347 Jordan
H3383 place H5116 strong H386 suddenly H7280 ...
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JUDGMENT AGAINST EDOM (JEREMIAH 49:7).
Edom lay to the south east of Judah stretching from the borders of
Judah down to the Gulf of Aqabah, a distance of 100 miles. Its
importance generally lay in the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 12:15; Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 40:25; Jeremiah 12:5;...
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Behold — The Edomites shall come up fiercely against Nebuchadrezzar,
but will suddenly flee, yea even from their own country. Appoint —
Into whose hands shall I give that country. For who — For I can...