1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; Luke 1:51; Micah 7:10; Obadiah 1:2; Psalms 53:5
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 rel...
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 verb...
men. Hebrew. 'adam (with Art.) App-14.
Interpreters for the most part give this exposition, that the people of Edom would be contemptible, because God had determined to cast them dow...
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
Small, &c.— Behold, I have made thee of small account among the nations, contemptible among the men of whom thou art horribly afraid.
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. I will make thee small among the heathen. David and Joab had alrea...
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 awa...
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 an...
Among the heathen. — Better here, as no marked contrast with Israel is intended, among the nations.
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,...
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 th...
For, lo, I will make thee small among the Heathen ,.... Or, "I have given thee", or "made thee" m; as if it respected what Edom was at first, a peop...
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, [and] despised among men. Ver. 15. For, lo, I will make thee. ] See on Obadiah 1:2 , whence Je...
I have heard a rumour Hebrew, שׁמועה, a report or message, from the Lord , and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen. Obadiah begins his prophe...
The Judgment of Edom. B. C. 595. 7 C...
Obadiah, in his prophecy against Edom, Ob 2 , hath much the same words, importing that God would bring the Edomites very low, and make them very con...
Prophecy Of Judgment On The Nations Continued ( Jeremiah 49:1 to Jeremiah 51:64 ). Having learned that judgment was coming on Egypt, Philistia a...
Judgment Against Edom ( Jeremiah 49:7-22 ). Edom lay to the south east of Judah stretching from the borders of Judah down to the Gulf of Aqabah, a...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. —The prophecies against Ammon, Edom, Damascus, and Kedar. Jeremiah 49:1-33 are sy...
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...
EXPOSITION On Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazer, and Elam. Jeremiah 49:1-24 The violence of the Ammonites shall be severely punished....
Against Edom
For, lo, so the Lord takes up the message in person, I will make thee small among the heathen and despised among men, in just retribution for Edom'...
15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.