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Verse Jeremiah 49:16. _O THOU THAT DWELLEST_] All _Idumea_ is full of
_mountains_ and _rocks_, and these rocks and mountains full of caves,
where, in time of great heats, and in time of war, the peopl...
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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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TERRIBLENESS. monstrous thing: i.e. an Edomite _Asherah._ App-42.
PRIDE. insolence.
THE ROCK. Probably _Sela._
NEST. Compare Obadiah 1:4.
EAGLE. vulture....
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These _vv_. are parallel to Obadiah 1:1-4, whence they are borrowed;
see introd. note....
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_As for thy terribleness_ The text is probably corrupt, but no certain
emendation has been suggested. If it stands, we must take the sense to
be _O thy trembling_, i.e. either (_a_) how wilt thou trem...
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THY TERRIBLENESS, &C.— "Thou hast been formerly terrible to all
about thee; the confidence thou hast in thy strength, hath rendered
thee careless and secure, and given thine enemies an advantage over...
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B. The Subsequent Conditions Jeremiah 49:14-18
TRANSLATION
(14) I have heard tidings from the LORD, and an ambassador has been
sent to the nations: Gather yourselves and come against her! Rise up
to...
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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...
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THY TERRIBLENESS HATH DECEIVED THEE. — The substantive does not
occur elsewhere. Etymo-logically it may mean “terror of,” or
“object of terror;” but a cognate word is found in 1 Kings 15:13;
2 Chronic...
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תִּֽפְלַצְתְּךָ֞ הִשִּׁ֤יא אֹתָךְ֙
זְדֹ֣ון לִבֶּ֔ךָ שֹֽׁכְנִי֙...
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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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_Hill. The mountains were numerous, and full of caverns, ver. 8._...
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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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Some render the first words thus, “Thine idol hath deceived thee;”
and others, “Thy folly hath deceived thee.” The verb has, indeed,
this meaning, though there is a different reading, for some put a
p...
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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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THY TERRIBLENESS HATH DECEIVED THEE, [AND] THE PRIDE OF THINE
HEART,.... Some render it, "thine idol" o; see 1 Kings 15:13; which,
being terrible to them, they thought it might be so to others, and
pr...
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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...
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_I have heard a rumour_ Hebrew, שׁמועה, a report or _message,
from the Lord_, and _an ambassador is sent unto the heathen._ Obadiah
begins his prophecy against Edom in similar words. The prophets, it...
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AGAINST EDOM...
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Thy terrible-ness hath deceived thee, the fact that other nations
seemed to stand in awe of Edom had caused him to think that he was
really formidable, AND THE PRIDE OF THINE HEART, insolence usually...
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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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THY TERRIBLENESS HATH DECEIVED THEE, AND THE PRIDE OF THINE HEART:
Obadiah in his prophecy against Edom useth much the same expressions,
OBADIAH 1:3,4. The word that is here used being of the number o...
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Jeremiah 49:16 fierceness H8606 deceived H5377 (H8689) pride H2087
heart H3820 dwell H7931 (H8802) clefts H2288
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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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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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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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_Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart_
ON THE DECEITFULNESS OF THE HEART, IN THE ABUSE OF PROSPERITY
The words afford us the following doctrine, That worldly prosperity...
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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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Amos 9:2; Ezekiel 28:11; Isaiah 14:13; Isaiah 2:21; Isaiah 25:4;...