Jeremiah 49:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. ”

• Jeremiah 49:17 - 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 49:17 - 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 49:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  a desolation . an astonishment.

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Here again the Prophet confirms what he had said. We have before stated how necessary was such a repetition, because no one could have thought that destruction was so nigh the Idumeans. He did...

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. Every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss - (c...

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - 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 49:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Edom shall be a desolation. — The words did not receive an immediate or even a rapid fulfilment. Idumæa was a populous and powerful country in the time of John Hyrcanus. Petra, as we have seen, was...

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - 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 49:17 - 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 49:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Also Edom shall be a desolation ,.... Not only Bozrah, its principal city, before spoken of, but the whole country of Idumea should be laid waste; its fortified cities destroyed; its riches plundere...

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. Ver. 17. And Edom shall be a desolation ] Heb., For a desolation. See on...

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - 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 s...

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - 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 49:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The like is said of Babylon, Jeremiah 50:13 : it appears from 1 Kings 9:8 , that it was a kind of proverbial expression, when they would express a great desolation, or great plagues, that those...

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - 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 49:17 - 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 49:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Edom See ( Jeremiah 49:14-22 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 36:1 ).

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - 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 49:17 - 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 49:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Against Edom

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• Jeremiah 49:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 9:8 ; 2 Chronicles 7:20 ; 2 Chronicles 7:21 ; Ezekiel 25:13 ; Ezekiel 35:15 ; Ezekiel 35:7 ; Isaiah 34:9-15 ; Jeremiah 18:16 ; Jeremiah 49:13 ; Jeremiah 50:13 ; Jeremiah 51:37 ; L...

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