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!
And an ambassador has been sent to the nations:
“Gather together, come against her,
And rise up to battle!
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.
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.
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.
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“No one shall remain there,
Nor shall a son of man dwell in it.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 49:15.
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