JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:1 AMMONITES. People living north of Moab. Their capital was Rabbah, present-day Amman, Jordan. During Jehoiakim’s reign they raided Judah (2 Kings 24:2), and they conspired with Judah and others against Babylon during Zedekiah’s reign (Jeremiah 27:3). MILCOM. Or Molech,... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:2 ISRAEL SHALL DISPOSSESS. Israel will retake the cities lost in 734–732 B.C. (v. Jeremiah 49:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:3 HESHBON. See Jeremiah 48:2. AI. Location unknown; not the Ai of Joshua 7:1. RABBAH. See note on Jer. 49:1. MILCOM SHALL GO INTO EXILE. See Jeremiah 48:7. ⇐ ⇔ [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:5 I WILL BRING TERROR. God is sovereign over all nations; he will send an invader. EVERY MAN STRAIGHT BEFORE HIM. The Ammonites will flee by the quickest route possible. Nebuchadnezzar defeated Ammon c. 582 B.C. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); f... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:6 God will RESTORE Ammon’s FORTUNES, just as he will for Israel and Moab. See Jeremiah 29:14 and Jeremiah 48:47. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:7 EDOM. Descendants of Esau (Genesis 36:1) who lived south of the Dead Sea toward the Gulf of Aqaba. Obadiah 1:10 indicates that Edom benefited from Jerusalem’s fall. WISDOM... IN TEMAN. Teman was in northern Edom. Obadiah 1:8 indicates Edom was famous for its wise men;... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:8 DEDAN. A site southeast of Edom. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:11 God may protect Edom’s FATHERLESS CHILDREN and WIDOWS, but the nation as a whole will DRINK the CUP of destruction (Jeremiah 25:28; Lamentations 4:21). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:13 BOZRAH. Capital of Edom, 25 miles (40 km) southeast of the Dead Sea. Like Jerusalem (Jeremiah 15:4; Jeremiah 24:9), Bozrah shall become a HORROR to other nations. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:23 DAMASCUS. See Isaiah 17:1 and Amos 1:3. The chief Aramean city, home to kings Ben-hadad (1 Kings 20:1) and Hazael (2 Kings 8:7). Assyria dominated Damascus from 732 to 609 B.C., and Babylon did so after 605. HAMATH AND ARPAD. Hamath was 115 miles (185 km) north of Dam... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:24 Damascus’s distress is so great she is too terrified TO FLEE. She is like a WOMAN IN LABOR. See Jeremiah 4:31 and Jeremiah 48:41. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:28 KEDAR. A significant Arab clan (Jeremiah 2:10; Isaiah 21:16). Kedar engaged in sheep breeding (Isaiah 60:7) and traded with Phoenicia (Ezekiel 27:21). KINGDOMS OF HAZOR. Probably a term designating several nomadic tribes in northern Arabia (Psalms 120:5;... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:30 PLAN... PURPOSE. See v. Jeremiah 49:20. God devises plans that NEBUCHADNEZZAR puts into practice (Jeremiah 27:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:34 ELAM. East of Babylon in the lower Tigris River Valley. Conquered by Assyria in 640 B.C. BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH. c. 597 B.C. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:36 God will send invaders against ELAM and destroy it. SET MY THRONE. Most likely the throne of Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 27:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:39 For the same promise to other nations, see Jeremiah 33:26; Jeremiah 49:6; and note on 48:47. These verses predict a future salvation for Gentiles. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]