1-5 The judgment of the Ammonites 6 Their restoration 7-22 The judgment of Edom 23-27 of Damascus 28,29 of Kedar 30-33 of Hazor 34-38 and of Elam 39 The restoration of Elam

A.M. 3421 B.C. 583
Concerning. or, against Jer 49:7,23,28 48:1

Ammonites Jer 25:9,21 27:3 Ge 19:38 De 2:19 23:3 2Ch 20:1,23 Ps 83:7 Eze 21:28-32 25:2-10 Am 1:13-15 Zep 2:8-11

their king. or, Melcom Jud 10:7,8 11:13-15 1Sa 11:1-3 2Ki 10:33 24:2 Ne 2:19 4:7 13:1,2

cities Ps 9:6

2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

that I will Jer 4:19 Eze 25:4-6 Am 1:14

Rabbah De 3:11 Jos 13:24,25 Eze 21:20

Rabbath
her daughters Nu 21:25 2Sa 11:1 12:27-29 Ps 48:11 97:8 Eze 16:46-55

shall Israel Jer 49:1 Isa 14:1-3 Ob 1:19

3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

Howl Jer 48:20 51:8 Isa 13:6 14:31 15:2 16:7 23:1,6 Jas 5:1

gird Jer 4:8 6:26 48:37 Isa 32:11,12

run Job 30:3-7 Isa 15:2

their king. or, Melcom Jer 49:1 1Ki 11:5,33

Milcom Zep 1:5

Malcham
shall go Jer 46:25 48:7 Am 1:15

4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

gloriest Jer 9:23 Isa 28:1-4 47:7,8 Re 18:7

thy flowing valley. or, they valley floweth away.
O backsliding Jer 3:14 7:24 Ho 4:16

trusted Jer 48:7 Ps 49:6 52:7 62:10 Pr 10:15 Eze 28:4-7 1Ti 6:17

Who Jer 49:16 21:13 Ob 4:5

5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

I will Jer 49:29 15:8 20:4 48:41-44 Jos 2:9 2Ki 7:6,7 19:7 Job 15:21 Pr 28:1

ye shall Jer 46:5 Am 4:3

none Isa 16:3 Ob 1:12-14

6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.

Jer 49:39 46:26 48:47 Isa 19:18-23 23:18 Eze 16:53

7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

Edom Jer 25:9,21 Ge 25:30 27:41 36:8 Nu 20:14-21 24:17,18 De 23:7 Ps 83:4-10 137:7 Isa 34:1-17 63:1-6 Eze 25:12-14 35:1-15 Da 11:41 Joe 3:19 Am 1:11,12 Ob 1:1 Mal 1:3,4

Is wisdom Jer 18:18 Job 5:12-14 Isa 19:11-13 29:14 Ob 1:8 Ro 1:22,23

Teman Jer 49:20 Ge 36:11,15 1Ch 1:53 Job 2:11 4:1 Eze 25:13 Am 1:12 Ob 1:9 Hab 3:3

8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

Flee Jer 49:30 6:1 48:6 Mt 24:15-18 Re 6:15

turn back. or, they are turned back
dwell Jer 48:28 Jud 6:2 1Sa 13:6 Isa 2:21 Am 9:1-3 Ob 1:3,4

Dedan Jer 25:23 Isa 21:13

for Jer 48:32 46:21 48:44 La 4:21,22

9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

grape-gatherers Isa 17:6 Ob 1:5,6

till they have enough [heb] their sufficiency

10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.

I have made Mal 1:3,4 Ro 9:13

his secret Jer 23:24 Isa 45:3 Am 9:3

his seed Ps 37:28 Isa 14:20-22 Ob 1:9

he is not Ps 37:35,36 Isa 17:14

11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

thy fatherless De 10:18 Ps 10:14-18 68:5 82:3 146:9 Pr 23:10,11 Ho 14:3 Jon 4:11 Mal 3:5 Jas 1:27

let thy 1Ti 5:5

12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

they whose Jer 25:28,29 30:11 46:27 Pr 17:5 La 4:21,22 Ob 1:16 1Pe 4:17,18

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.

I have Jer 44:26 Ge 22:16 Isa 45:23 Eze 35:11 Am 6:8

Bozrah Jer 49:22 Ge 36:33 Isa 34:6 63:1 Am 1:12

a desolation Jer 49:17,18 Isa 34:9-15 Eze 25:13,14 35:2-15 Joe 3:19 Ob 1:18 Mal 1:3,4

14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

heard Jer 51:46 Isa 37:7 Eze 7:25,26 Ob 1:1 Mt 24:6

an ambassador Isa 18:2,3 30:4

Gather Jer 50:9-16 51:11,27,28 Isa 13:2,3

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

1Sa 2:7,8,30 Ps 53:5 Ob 1:2 Mic 7:10 Lu 1:51

16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

terribleness Jer 48:29 Pr 16:18 18:21 29:23 Isa 25:4,5 49:25 Ob 1:3

dwellest So 2:14 Isa 2:21

though Jer 48:28 Job 39:27 Isa 14:13-15 Eze 28:11-19 Am 9:2

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

Edom Jer 49:13 Isa 34:9-15 Eze 25:13 35:7,15

every Jer 18:16 50:13

shall hiss Jer 51:37 1Ki 9:8 2Ch 7:20,21 La 2:15,16 Mic 6:16 Zep 2:15

18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

in the Jer 50:40 Ge 19:24,25 De 29:23 Ps 11:6 Isa 13:19-22 Am 4:11 Zep 2:9 2Pe 2:6 Jude 1:7

no man Jer 49:33 Job 18:15-18 Isa 34:10 Re 18:21-23

19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

he shall come Jer 4:7 50:44 Zec 11:3

the swelling Jer 12:5 Jos 3:15 1Ch 12:15

who is like Ex 15:11 Ps 89:6,8 113:5,6 Isa 40:25

appoint me the time. or, convent me in judgment Job 9:19,21 23:3-7 40:3-5 Ps 143:2

that shepherd Jer 30:21 Job 41:10 Ps 76:7 Na 1:6 Re 6:17

20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

the counsel Jer 50:45 Ps 33:11 Pr 19:21 Isa 14:24-27 46:10,11 Ac 4:28 Eph 1:11

Teman Jer 49:7 Job 6:19,20

Surely The prophet having given the name of the shepherd to the generals of the army, pursues the same metaphor, calling the common soldiers, `the least of the flock;' who shall have strength and courage enough to the defeat the Idumean forces Jer 37:10 50:45 Zec 4:6 1Co 1:27-29

make Jer 49:13,17,18 Mal 1:3,4

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

earth Jer 50:46 Isa 14:4-15 Eze 26:15-18 21:16 32:10 Re 18:10

Red sea [heb] Weedy sea

22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

he shall Jer 4:13 48:40,41 De 28:49 Da 7:4 Ho 8:1

Bozrah Jer 49:13

the heart of the Jer 49:24 4:31 6:24 13:21 22:23 30:6 48:41 Ps 18:5 Isa 13:8 21:3 26:17 1Th 5:3

23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

Damascus Ge 14:15 15:2 1Ki 11:24 Isa 17:1-3 37:13 Am 1:3-5 Zec 9:1,2 2Co 11:32

Hamath Nu 13:21 2Sa 8:9 2Ki 17:24 18:34 19:13 Isa 10:9 11:11

faint-hearted [heb] melted De 20:8 Jos 2:11 14:8 2Sa 17:10 Isa 13:7 Na 2:10

sorrow Isa 57:20

on the sea. or, as on the sea Ps 107:26,27 Lu 8:23,24 21:25,26 Ac 27:20

24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

anguish Jer 49:22

25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

Jer 33:9 48:2,39 51:41 Ps 37:35,36 Isa 1:26 14:4-6 Da 4:30 Re 18:10,16-19

26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.

Jer 9:21 11:22 50:30 51:3,4 La 2:21 Eze 27:27 Am 4:10

27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

I will Am 1:3-5

Ben-Hadad 1Ki 15:18-20 20:1 2Ki 13:5

28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

Kedar Jer 2:10 Ge 25:13 1Ch 1:29 So 1:5 Isa 21:13,16,17 42:11 Eze 27:21

Hazor Jer 49:30,33

Arise Jer 49:14,31 50:14-16 Isa 13:2-5

spoil Ge 25:6 Jud 6:3 Job 1:3 Isa 11:14

29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

tents Ps 120:5 Isa 13:20 60:7

curtains Jer 4:20 10:20 Hab 3:7

camels Ge 37:25 Jud 6:5 7:12 8:21,26 1Ch 5:20,21 Job 1:3

Fear Jer 49:24 6:25 20:3,4 46:5 Ps 31:13 2Co 4:8 7:5

30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

get you far off [heb] flit greatly
dwell Jer 25:9,24,25 27:6 Isa 10:7

31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

wealthy nations. or, nation that is at ease Jer 48:11 Ps 123:4 Isa 32:9,11

that Jud 18:7-10,27 Isa 47:8 Eze 30:9 38:11 39:6 Na 1:12 Zep 2:15

which dwell Nu 23:9 De 33:28 Jud 18:28 Mic 7:14

32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.

their camels Jer 49:29

I will scatter Jer 49:36 De 28:64 Eze 5:10,12 12:14,15

in the utmost corners [heb] cut off into corners, or that have the corners of their hair polled Jer 9:26 25:23

33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

Hazor. Hazor as well as Kedar, with which it is joined, (verse 28) was no doubt situated in Arabia, and a place of considerable importance; but it is now no more, and its very name seems to have perished

a dwelling Jer 49:17,18 9:11 10:22 50:39,40 51:37 Isa 13:20-22 14:23 34:9-17 Zep 2:9,13-15 Mal 1:3 Re 18:2,21,22

34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

A.M. 3406 B.C.
Elam Elam, the Elymais of the Greeks and Romans, was properly a province of the Persian empire, between Media and Susiana; but sometimes the name elam is used in a larger sense, including Susiana and other provinces, (Da 8:2) all of which were subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards restored and raised to dignity by Cyrus. Jer 25:25 Ge 10:22 14:1 Ezr 4:9 Isa 21:2 Eze 32:24,25 Da 8:2 Ac 2:9

35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

break Jer 50:14,29 51:56 Ps 46:9 Isa 22:6

the bow Strabo says that the mountainous part of Ely-mais chiefly bred archers; and Livy speaks of Elymaei sagittarii, `the Elymean archers.'

36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

the four winds Da 7:2,3 8:8,22 11:4 Re 7:1

scatter Jer 49:32 De 28:25,64 Eze 5:10,12 Am 9:9

the outcasts Jer 30:17 Ps 147:2 Isa 11:12 16:3,4 27:13 56:8

37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

to be Jer 49:5,22,24,29 48:39 50:36 Ps 48:4-6 Eze 32:23

their enemies Jer 34:20,21

I will send the sword Jer 9:16 48:2 Le 26:33 Eze 5:2,12 12:14

38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.

Jer 43:10 Da 7:9-14

39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

in the Jer 48:47 Isa 2:2 Eze 38:16 Da 2:28 10:14 Ho 3:5 Mic 4:1

I will Jer 49:6 Job 42:10 Eze 16:53-55 29:14 39:25 Am 9:14