Jeremiah 49:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.

The noise thereof was heard in - i:e., shall be heard at.

The Red sea - a considerable distance from Idumea; though the district at the AElanitic Bay of the Red Sea originally belonged to Idumea, and the sea itself was called from Edom - i:e., red, the name given to Esau because of the red pottage for which he sold his birthright (Genesis 25:30, margin, 'Feed me with that red, with that red pottage'). Others translate, 'the weedy sea' (margin), and derive the name "Red Sea" from its red weeds; the former view is pereferable.

Jeremiah 49:21

21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.b