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, king of Assyria (2 Kings 15:29), strengthened the hands of Ammon, and it is their occupation of t... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR KING] RV 'Malcam,'or Moloch, the god of the Ammonites, and so in Jeremiah 49:3. So in Jeremiah 48:7 CHEMOSH is used for 'Moab.' 2, 3. RABBAH.. HESHBON.. AI] Ammonite towns. HEDGES] fences, inclosures of vineyards.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY FLOWING VALLEY] Ammon was full of valleys and streams running into Jordan.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Is_ WISDOM NO MORE IN TEMAN?] Wisdom seems to have been a special characteristic of Edom: see Jeremiah 49:20; Obadiah 1:8, and cp. (apocryphal) book of Bar 3:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Edom over the fallen fortunes of their kinsmen the more offensive. Much of the earlier part of this pr... [ Continue Reading ]
DEDAN] a tribe descended from Abraham by his wife Keturah (Genesis 25:3), and dwelling SE. of Edom. They are bidden to keep well out of the way lest they should be involved in the overthrow of their neighbours: cp. Jeremiah 49:30. ESAU] i.e. Edom.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOULD THEY NOT LEAVE _some?_] RM 'they will leave no,' etc. In Obadiah 1:6 the words are interrogative, but probably not so here. The enemy, under the simile of grapegatherers and of thieves, will bring about complete desolation.... [ Continue Reading ]
SECRET PLACES] retreats and fastnesses.... [ Continue Reading ]
The widows and orphans of the slain may, however, look to God's protection.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSE JUDGMENT _was_ NOT] RV 'to whom it pertained not.' If Israel itself has not escaped the cup of woe, how should Edom?... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy stern mountain fastnesses have persuaded thee thou art impregnable. ROCK] Heb. _Selah,_ is probably an allusion to the precipice-protected town of that name (identical with Petra), the capital of Edom: see 2 Kings 14:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
A DESOLATION] RV 'an astonishment.'... [ Continue Reading ]
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 likely to find his prey. BUT I WILL SUDDENLY, etc.] RM 'for I will suddenly drive them away,' i.e. the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LEAST, etc.] RV 'They shall drag them away, _even_ the little ones of the flock.' Edom shall be as helpless before the foe as sheep.... [ Continue Reading ]
RED SEA] probably the Gulf of Akaba, to the S. of Edom, not the Gulf of Suez.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE SEA] If with some Heb. MSS we read 'as' for 'on' it will refer to the hearts trouble-tossed by conquest.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCERNING DAMASCUS] The prophecy relates to Syria generally, of which this was the most important city.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW IS.. NOT LEFT] i.e. how sad it is that the inhabitants, paralysed with fear, have not saved themselves by fleeing in time!... [ Continue Reading ]
BEN-HADAD] Three kings of Damascus bore this name (1 Kings 15:18.; 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 13:25). 28-33. Concerning Kedar. KEDAR] see on Jeremiah 2:10. HAZOR] perhaps in Arabia.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELL DEEP] see on Jeremiah 49:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
Addressed to the invaders. WEALTHY] RV 'that is at ease,' feeling secure against invasion.... [ Continue Reading ]
CORNERS] see on Jeremiah 9:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
DRAGONS] RV 'jackals.' 34-39 AGAINST ELAM] RV 'concerning Elam,' a country to the E. of Chaldea. For the date, as compared with the other prophecies, see intro. to Jeremiah 46-49.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOW] their chief weapon: cp. Isaiah 22:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FOUR WINDS] i.e. invasion from all sides.... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Jeremiah 48:47.... [ Continue Reading ]