Jeremiah 49:13

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.

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¹³ 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.

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 49:13