Jeremiah 49:15

For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

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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 rel...
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 verb...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men. Hebrew. 'adam (with Art.) App-14.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Interpreters for the most part give this exposition, that the people of Edom would be contemptible, because God had determined to cast them dow...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Small, &c.— Behold, I have made thee of small account among the nations, contemptible among the men of whom thou art horribly afraid.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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 awa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Among the heathen. — Better here, as no marked contrast with Israel is intended, among the nations.
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,...
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 th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Edom. B. C. 595. 7 C...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
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 a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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 sy...
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...
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....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Edom
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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'...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:30 ; 1 Samuel 2:7 ; 1 Samuel 2:8 ; Luke 1:51 ; Micah 7:10 ; Obadiah 1:2 ; Psalms 53:5

¹⁵ For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 49:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 49:15