Jeremiah 49:7

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5 Behold, I will bring fear upon you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts,
“From all those who are around you;
You shall be driven out, everyone headlong,
And no one will gather those who wander off.

6 But ^aafterward I will bring back
The captives of the people of Ammon,” says the Lord.

Judgment on Edom

7 ^aAgainst Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts:
^b“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
^cHas counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom ^dvanished?

8 Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of ^aDedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
The time that I will punish him.

9 ^aIf grape-gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
If thieves by night,
Would they not destroy until they have enough?

10 ^aBut I have made Esau bare;
I have uncovered his secret places,
And he shall not be able to hide himself.
His descendants are plundered,
His brethren and his neighbors,
And ^bhe is no more.

11 Leave your fatherless children,
I will preserve them alive;
And let your widows trust in Me.”

12 For thus says the Lord: “Behold, ^athose whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And are you the one who will altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.

13 For ^aI have sworn by Myself,” says the Lord, “that ^bBozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a¹ waste, and a curse. And all its cities shall be perpetual² wastes.”

14 ^aI have heard a message from the Lord,
And an ambassador has been sent to the nations:
“Gather together, come against her,
And rise up to battle!

15 “For indeed, I will make you small among nations,
Despised among men.

16 Your fierceness has deceived you,
The ^apride of your heart,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Who hold the height of the hill!
^bThough you make your ^cnest as high as the eagle,
^dI will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

17 “Edom also shall be an astonishment;
^aEveryone who goes by it will be astonished
And will hiss at all its plagues.

18 ^aAs in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“No one shall remain there,
Nor shall a son of man dwell in it.

19 “Behold,^a he shall come up like a lion from ^bthe floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place 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 ^cwho is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And ^dwho is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

20 ^aTherefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Edom,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
Surely the least of the flock shall¹ draw them out;
Surely He shall make their dwelling places desolate with them.

21 ^aThe earth shakes at the noise of their fall;
At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea.

22 Behold, ^aHe shall come up and fly like the eagle,
And spread His wings over Bozrah;
The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.

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No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Jeremiah 49:7.

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