Jeremiah 49:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. ”

• Jeremiah 49:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Leave thy (m) fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me. (m) The destruction will be so great that there will be none left to take care of the widows and the...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Edom. For the land, and the relations of this people to Israel, see on Obadiah, from Jeremiah 49:1-5 of which the present prophecy has taken verbally Jeremiah 49:9 ; Jeremiah 49:14-16 . This do...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  children . young children. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 49:6 . trust . confide. Hebrew. batah . App-69.

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  With regard to the end of the verse, some give this explanation, “There will be none to say:” there is then a word to be understood, — “there will be none to say, Leave thy orphans to me, I w...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. Leave thy fatherless children - The connection of this with the context is not easy to be discerned; but,...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Leave thy fatherless children— This is understood by many to be an irony. See Isaiah 16:4 . But there is nothing in the context, says Houbigant, which can lead to this interpretation. I rather und...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. "Thy fath...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - 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-pil...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Leave thy fatherless children... — Were the words uttered in the stern irony of one who veils & threat in the form of a promise, as some have thought, or was there even in the case of Edom a...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - 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 4:2...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive ,.... Leave them with me; commit them to my care; I will provide for them; they shall have food and raiment, and want nothing to make them...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me. Ver. 11. Leave thy fatherless children, &c. ] Thus God speaketh to the profane Edomites in derision...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them , &c. The Chaldee paraphrast understands this of the Jews, to whom the following words do certainly belong, as if it contained God's promise t...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Judgment of Edom. B. C. 595.       7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the L ORD of hosts; I...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The only question upon this verse is, whether, in the whole of it, it be a promise or a threatening: if it be a promise, the sense is, that though this great destruction should come upon the body of...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - 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 v...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. —The prophecies against Ammon, Edom, Damascus, and Kedar. Jeremiah 49:1-33 are synchronous with the previous chapter, but the secti...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Scofield Reference Notes

  trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in Me. The compassion and beneficence of the Deity No subject is more open to general observation, or more co...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION On Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazer, and Elam. Jeremiah 49:1-24 The violence of the Ammonites shall be severely punished. Jeremiah 49:1 Hath Israel no sons! The vi...

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Against Edom

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• Jeremiah 49:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Timothy 5:5 ; Deuteronomy 10:18 ; Hosea 14:3 ; James 1:27 ; Jonah 4:11 ; Malachi 3:5 ; Proverbs 23:10 ; Proverbs 23:11 ; Psalms 10:14-18 ; Psalms 146:9 ; Psalms 68:5 ; Psalms 82:3

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