Jeremiah 49:14 - John Wesley's Notes

Jeremiah 49:14

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.

Judgment on Damascus

23 ^aAgainst Damascus.
^b“Hamath and Arpad are shamed,
For they have heard bad news.
They are fainthearted;
^cThere is¹ trouble on the sea;
It cannot be quiet.

24 Damascus has grown feeble;
She turns to flee,
And fear has seized her.
^aAnguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in¹ labor.

Commentaries:

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Jeremiah 49:14

An ambassador - He speaks after the manner of earthly princes, who use to send their ambassadors to other princes to declare their minds to them. God hath inclined them to come against Edom.

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