the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Jeremiah 49:21
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At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; the sound of her cry will be heard at the Red Sea.
The eretz trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Sea of Suf.
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea.
The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea.
At the sound of Edom's fall, the earth will shake. Their cry will be heard all the way to the Red Sea.
The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The sound of its noise has been heard at the Red Sea.
The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
The earth is mooued at the noyse of their fall: the crie of their voice is heard in the red Sea.
The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea.
At the sound of their fall, the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.
The sounds of your destruction will reach the Red Sea and cause the earth to shake.
The earth quakes at the sound of their fall; their cry can be heard at the Sea of Suf.
The earth quaketh at the sound of their fall; there is a cry, the sound whereof is heard in the Red sea.
At the sound of Edom's fall, the earth will shake. Their cry will be heard all the way to the Red Sea.
The earth is moved at the sound of their fall, and the noise of their wailing is heard from the Red sea.
When Edom falls, there will be such a noise that the entire earth will shake, and the cries of alarm will be heard as far away as the Gulf of Aqaba.
The earth will quake from the sound of their falling. A cry of distress! Their voice will be heard at the Red Sea.
The earth is shaken at the noise of their fall. When they cried, the noise of it was heard in the Sea of Reeds.
At the noyse of their fall ye earth shal quake, the crie of their voyce shalbe herde vnto the reed see.
The earth trembleth at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
The earth is shaking with the noise of their fall; their cry is sounding in the Red Sea.
The earth quaketh at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
The earth is moued at the noise of their fall: at the crie, the noise thereof was heard in the red Sea.
At the noyse of their fall the earth shall quake, the crye of their voyce shalbe hearde vnto the red sea.
And ye have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, with which he sent me to you.
The earth trembleth at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
The erthe was mouyd of the vois of fallyng of hem; the cry of vois therof was herd in the reed see.
The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise of it was heard in the Red sea.
The people of the earth will quake when they hear of their downfall. Their cries of anguish will be heard all the way to the Gulf of Aqaba.
The earth shakes at the noise of their fall; At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea.
The earth will shake with the noise of Edom's fall, and its cry of despair will be heard all the way to the Red Sea.
The earth will shake at the sound of their fall. The sound of their cry will be heard at the Red Sea.
At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea.
At the noise of their fail, hath trembled the earth, At the outcry, in the Red Sea, was heard its noise.
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall: the cry of their voice is heard in the Red Sea.
At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea.
The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
earth: Jeremiah 50:46, Isaiah 14:4-15, Ezekiel 26:15-18, Ezekiel 21:16, Ezekiel 32:10, Revelation 18:10
Red sea: Heb. Weedy sea
Reciprocal: Psalms 99:1 - earth Jeremiah 46:12 - thy cry Ezekiel 30:9 - great
Cross-References
and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.
And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
And he seeth rest that [it is] good, And the land that [it is] pleasant, And he inclineth his shoulder to bear, And is to tribute a servant.
Dan doth judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel;
the purchase of the field and of the cave which [is] in it, [is] from Sons of Heth.'
And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people.
And of Naphtali he said: -- O Naphtali, satisfied with pleasure, And full of the blessing of Jehovah, West and south possess thou.
And she sendeth and calleth for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and saith unto him, `Hath not Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded? go, and thou hast drawn towards mount Tabor, and hast taken with thee ten thousand men, out of the sons of Naphtali, and out of the sons of Zebulun,
And Barak calleth Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he goeth up -- at his feet [are] ten thousand men -- and Deborah goeth up with him.
Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also -- on high places of the field.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall,.... Of the Edomites; whose fall was from the height of greatness and glory to a very low condition indeed; and as things, the higher they are from whence they fall, the greater noise they make, so it was with the Edomites; perhaps there may be some allusion to the falling of rocks and hills, with which Edom, abounded: this may respect either the noise and shout of the conquerors, when they fell; or the cry of the Edomites, when taken and destroyed; or the report of their destruction, when it came into the world; which struck the inhabitants of the whole earth with terror and amazement, so that they trembled at it; an hyperbolical expression, as Kimchi observes:
at the cry, the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea, or, "sea of Suph", or "weeds"; where weeds and rushes grew in great abundance, from whence it had its name. This is the Arabian gulf, which washed the shores of Edom, and was called the Red sea from thence, Edom signifying red. The meaning is, that the cry of the slain, or of the conquerors at the slaughter of them, should be heard to the borders of the land, to the sea shore, and by those in ships there; who should carry the report of it to each of the parts of the world.
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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 49:21. The earth is moved — The whole state is represented here as a vast building suddenly thrown down, so as to cause the earth to tremble, and the noise to be heard at a great distance.
