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Jeremiah 49:17
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“Edom will become a desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be appalled and scoff because of all her wounds.
Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues of it.
Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
"Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
"Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss at all its wounds.
"Edom will be destroyed. People who pass by will be shocked to see the destroyed cities, and they will be amazed at all her injuries.
"Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who goes by it will be astonished and shall hiss [scornfully] at all its plagues and disasters.
Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues of it.
Also Edom shall be desolate: euery one that goeth by it, shall be astonished, and shal hisse at all the plagues thereof,
"Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.
"Edom will become an object of horror. Everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.
People passing by your country will be shocked and horrified to see a disaster
Edom will become an object of horror; everyone passing by will whistle in astonishment at all its disasters.
And Edom shall be an astonishment: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss, because of all the plagues thereof.
"Edom will be destroyed. People will be shocked to see the destroyed cities. They will whistle from amazement at the destroyed cities.
And Edom shall become a desolation; every one who passes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
The Lord said, "The destruction that will come on Edom will be so terrible that everyone who passes by will be shocked and terrified.
"And Edom will become as a horror, everyone who passes by it will be appalled, and will hiss because of all its blows.
And Edom shall be a ruin, everyone who goes by it shall be amazed and shall hiss at all its plagues.
Morouer Idumea shall be a wildernesse: who so goeth by it, shalbe abashed, and wondre at all hir miserable plages.
And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.
And Edom shall become an astonishment; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
Also Edom shalbe a desolation: euery one that goeth by it shalbe astonished, and shall hisse at all the plagues thereof,
Moreouer, Idumea shalbe a wyldernesse, whoso goeth by it, shalbe abashed, and wonder at all her miserable plagues.
And all the men, and all the strangers who have set their face toward the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall be consumed by the sword, and by the famine: and there shall not one of them escape from the evils which I bring upon them.
And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall he astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all her plagues.
"Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by it will be filled with horror; they will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it.
"Edom also shall be an astonishment; Everyone who goes by it will be astonished And will hiss at all its plagues.
"Edom will be an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will gasp at the destruction they see there.
‘Edom will become an object of trouble. Everyone who passes by will be surprised and will make fun of all its suffering.
Edom shall become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
So shall, Edom, become an astonishment, - Every one passing by her, will be astonished and hiss, over all her plagues:
And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
"Edom shall become a horror; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
And Edom hath been for a desolation, Every passer by her is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.
"Edom will end up trash. Stinking, despicable trash. A wonder of the world in reverse. She'll join Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors in the sewers of history." God says so. "No one will live there, no mortal soul move in there.
"Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Edom: Jeremiah 49:13, Isaiah 34:9-15, Ezekiel 25:13, Ezekiel 35:7, Ezekiel 35:15
every: Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 50:13
shall hiss: Jeremiah 51:37, 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 7:20, 2 Chronicles 7:21, Lamentations 2:15, Lamentations 2:16, Micah 6:16, Zephaniah 2:15
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 49:20 - make Jeremiah 49:33 - a dwelling Ezekiel 35:9 - perpetual Joel 3:19 - Edom Obadiah 1:1 - concerning Obadiah 1:10 - and
Cross-References
Forsothe Jacob clepide hise sones, and seide to hem, Be ye gaderid that Y telle what thingis schulen come to you in the laste daies;
liggynge bitwixe termes, seiy reste, that it was good and seiy the lond that it was best, and he vndirsettide his schuldre to bere, and he was maad seruynge to tributis.
Joseph, a sone encreessynge, `a sone encresinge, and fair in biholdyng; douytris runnen aboute on the wal,
in the lond of Canaan, which denne Abraham bouyte with the feeld of Efron Ethei, in to possessioun of sepulcre.
There thei birieden hym, and Sare his wijf, also Ysaac was biried there with Rebecca his wijf; there also Lia liggith biried.
also of Dan, eiyte and twenti thousynde and sixe hundrid men, maad redi to batel;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Also Edom shall be a desolation,.... Not only Bozrah, its principal city, before spoken of, but the whole country of Idumea should be laid waste; its fortified cities destroyed; its riches plundered; and its inhabitants slain with the sword; or carried captive:
everyone that goeth by it shall be astonished; at the desolation made, so suddenly and so universally:
and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof; rejoice at them; clap their hands, and shake their heads, as the Targum; and hiss with their tongues, insulting and deriding them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian deserts, and held the same relation to Judah which Moab held toward the kingdom of Israel. Although expressly reserved from attack by Moses Deuteronomy 2:5, a long feud caused the Edomites to cherish so bitter an enmity against Judah, that they exulted with cruel joy over the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans, and showed great cruelty toward those why fled to them for refuge.
Of the prophecies against Edom the first eight verses of Obadiah are also found in Jeremiah (see the marginal references). As Jeremiah wrote before the capture of Jerusalem, and Obadiah apparently after it (see Jeremiah 49:13-14), it might seem certain that Obadiah copied from Jeremiah. Others held the reverse view; while some consider that the two prophets may both have made common use of some ancient prediction. See the introduction to Obadiah.
The prophecy is divisible into three strophes. In the first Jeremiah 49:7-13, the prophet describes Edom as terror-stricken.
Jeremiah 49:7
Teman - A strip of land on the northeast of Edom, put here for Edom generally. Its inhabitants were among those “children of the East” famed for wisdom, because of their skill in proverbs and dark sayings.
Jeremiah 49:8
Dwell deep - Jeremiah 49:30. The Dedanites, who were used to travel through the Edomite territory with their caravans, are advised to retire as far as possible into the Arabian deserts to be out of the way of the invaders.
Jeremiah 49:9
Translate it: “If vintagers come to thee, they will not leave any gleaning: if thieves by night, they will destroy their fill.”
Jeremiah 49:10
But - For. The reason why the invaders destroy Edom so completely. His secret places are the hiding-places in the mountains of Seir.
His seed - Esau’s seed, the Edomites; his brethren are the nations joined with him in the possession of the land, Amalek, and perhaps the Simeonites; his neighbors are Dedan, Tema, Buz.
Jeremiah 49:11
As with Moab Jeremiah 48:47, and Ammon Jeremiah 49:6, so there is mercy for Edom. The widows shall be protected, and in the orphans of Edom the nation shall once again revive.
Jeremiah 49:12
Translate it: “Behold they whose rule was not to drink of the cup shall surely drink etc.” It was not the ordinary manner of God’s people to suffer from His wrath: but now when they are drinking of the wine-cup of fury Jeremiah 25:15, how can those not in covenant with Him hope to escape?
Jeremiah 49:14-18
The second strophe, Edom’s chastisement.
Jeremiah 49:14
Rumour - Or, “revelation.”
Ambassador - Or, messenger, i. e., herald. The business of an ambassador is to negotiate, of a herald to carry a message.
Jeremiah 49:15
Small ... - Rather, small among the nations, i. e., of no political importance.
Jeremiah 49:16
Edom’s “terribleness” consisted in her cities being hewn in the sides of inaccessible rocks, from where she could suddenly descend for predatory warfare, and retire to her fastnesses without fear of reprisals.
The clefts of the rock - Or, the fastnesses of Sela, the rock-city, Petra (see Isaiah 16:1).
The hill - i. e., Bozrah.
Jeremiah 49:17
Better, “And Edom shall become a terror: every passer by shalt be terrified, and shudder etc.”
Jeremiah 49:18
Neighbour ... - Admah and Zeboim.
A son of man - i. e., “Any man.” From 536 a.d. onward, Petra suddenly vanishes from the pages of history. Only in the present century was its real site discovered.
Jeremiah 49:19-22
Concluding strophe. The fall of Edom is compared to the state of a flock worried by an enemy strong as a lion Jeremiah 4:7, and swift as an eagle.
Jeremiah 49:19
The swelling of Jordan - Or, the pride of Jordan, the thickets on his banks (marginal reference note).
Against the habitation of the strong - Or, to the abiding pasturage. The lion stalks forth from the jungle to attack the fold, sure to find sheep there because of the perennial (evergreen) pasturage: “but I will suddenly make him (the flock, Edom) run away from her (or it, the pasturage).”
And who is a chosen ... - Better, and I will appoint over it, the abandoned land of Edom, him who is chosen, i. e., my chosen ruler Nebuchadnezzar.
Who will appoint me the time? - The plaintiff, in giving notice of a suit, had to mention the time when the defendant must appear (see the margin). Yahweh identifies himself with Nebuchadnezzar Jeremiah 25:9, and shows the hopelessness of Edom’s cause. For who is like Yahweh, His equal in power and might? Who will dare litigate with Him, and question His right? etc.
Jeremiah 49:20
Surely the least ... - Rather, Surely they will worry them, the feeble ones of the flock: surely their pasture shall be terror-stricken over them. No shepherd can resist Nebuchadnezzar Jeremiah 49:19, but all flee, and leave the sheep unprotected. Thereupon, the Chaldaeans enter, and treat the poor feeble flock so barbarously, that the very fold is horrified at their cruelty.
Jeremiah 49:21
Is moved - Quakes.
At the cry ... - The arrangement is much more poetical in the Hebrew, The shriek - to the sea of Suph (Exodus 10:19 note) is heard its sound.
Jeremiah 49:22
Nebuchadnezzar shall swoop down like an eagle, the emblem of swiftness.
