Jeremiah 49:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. ”

Jeremiah 49:13 - 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...
Jeremiah 49:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that (o) Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes. (o) Which was a chief city of E...
Jeremiah 49:13 - 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...
Jeremiah 49:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I have sworn. Reference to Pentateuch ( Genesis 22:16 ). App-92. Bozrah. Now el Buseirah, south-east of the Dead Sea. Not the Bozrah of Jeremiah 48:24 .
Jeremiah 49:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet confirms what he had already prophesied respecting the Idumeans; but to remove every doubt, he says, that God had sworn; and he introduces God as the speaker, in order that h...
Jeremiah 49:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. Bozrah shall become a desola...
Jeremiah 49:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. Bozrah - (note, Je...
Jeremiah 49:13 - 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...
Jeremiah 49:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bozrah. — This, as in Isaiah 34:6 ; Isaiah 63:1 , was one of the chief cities of Edom, probably identical with the modern El-Busaireh, half-way between Petra and the Dead Sea.
Jeremiah 49:13 - 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...
Jeremiah 49:13 - 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...
Jeremiah 49:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord ,.... This he did, because he could swear by no greater, and to show the certain and infallible accomplishment of the event, and the importance of it; and...
Jeremiah 49:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. Ver. 13. I have sworn by...
Jeremiah 49:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They whose judgment was not to drink of the cup Namely, of God's wrath: see note on Jeremiah 25:15 ; have assuredly drunken The Israelites, God's peculiar people, who, in regard to the gracious...
Jeremiah 49:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Edom. B. C. 595. 7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the L ORD of hosts; I...
Jeremiah 49:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As men, when they would confirm their promise or threatening to do any thing, add an oath to it, so doth God, who, having no greater to swear by, swears by himself, Jeremiah 44:26 . That which God...
Jeremiah 49:13 - 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...
Jeremiah 49:13 - 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...
Jeremiah 49:13 - 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...
Jeremiah 49:13 - 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...
Jeremiah 49:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Edom
Jeremiah 49:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 1:12 ; Amos 6:8 ; Ezekiel 25:13 ; Ezekiel 25:14 ; Ezekiel 35:11 ; Ezekiel 35:2-15 ; Genesis 22:16 ; Genesis 36:33 ; Isaiah 34:6 ; Isaiah 34:9-15 ; Isaiah 45:23 ; Isaiah 63:1 ; Jerem...
Jeremiah 49:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bozrah — Edom is expressed under the name of Bozrah, (a part for the whole) Bozrah being its principal city.

Jeremiah 49:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 49:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 49:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 49:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 49:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 49:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 49:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 49:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 49:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 49:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 49:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes