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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 49:19

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 her (Idumea) as a fierce and strong lion may be supposed to do in the sheep-folds, then I will cause him (the man of whom it is said in the preceding verse that he should not dwell in it) to run away from her as the affrighted shepherds and their flocks run from the lion."

A chosen man] Nebuchadnezzar. That is, God has chosen this man, and given him a commission against Idumea.

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See also Jeremiah 49:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _he shall come up_ viz. the enemy who is to prevail over Edom. _like a lion_ Cp. Jeremiah 4:7. _pride_ better than mg. _swelling_. See on ch. Jeremiah 12:5. _against the strong habitation_ mg. _unto...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    These _vv_. recur with variations in Jeremiah 50:44-46....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הִ֠נֵּה כְּ אַרְיֵ֞ה יַעֲלֶ֨ה מִ גְּאֹ֣ון הַ

  • 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

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST EDOM...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    APPOINT ME: Or, convent me in judgment...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 49:19 up H5927 (H8799) lion H738 floodplain H1347 Jordan H3383 place H5116 strong H386 suddenly H7280 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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...

  • 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 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 Chronicles 12:15; Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 40:25; Jeremiah 12:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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