Swelling. Literally, "pride;" (Haydock) or those banks which the Jordan reaches, when it overflows. They are lined with woods, from which lions rush to devour the sheep. (Calmet) --- Strong "one's dwelling." (Hebrew) (Haydock) (Zacharias xi. 3.) --- Over her. What sort of men come to the attack? or, who shall dare resist them? (Calmet)
Verse Jeremiah 49:19. _BEHOLD, HE SHALL COME UP LIKE A LION_] See the note on Jeremiah 12:5. The similitude used here is well illustrated by Dr. _Blayney_: "When I shall occasion a like commotion in...
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...
CHAPTER 49 Concerning Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, and Elam _ 1. Concerning the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:1) _ 2. Concerning Edom (Jeremiah 49:7) 3. Concerning Damascus (Jeremiah 49:23)...
EDOM. For the land, and the relations of this people to Israel, see on Obadiah, from Jeremiah 49:1 of which the present prophecy has taken verbally Jeremiah 49:9; Jeremiah 49:14. This does not, in its...
HE. Nebuchadnezzar. See note on Jeremiah 48:40. LIKE. LION. Figure of speech _Simile._ Contrast Jeremiah 4:7, where the assault is against Zion and the feelings are more deeply stirred. SWELLING. Heb...
_he shall come up_ viz. the enemy who is to prevail over Edom. _like a lion_ Cp. Jeremiah 4:7. _pride_ better than mg. _swelling_. See on ch. Jeremiah 12:5. _against the strong habitation_ mg. _unto...
These _vv_. recur with variations in Jeremiah 50:44-46....
BEHOLD, &C.— Maundrell, speaking of the Jordan, says, that the bank of the river is so beset with bushes and trees, such as tamarisks, willows, oleanders, that you can see no water till you have made...
C. The Chosen Conqueror and the Divine Counsel Jeremiah 49:19-22 TRANSLATION (19) Behold, as a lion from the pride of Jordan goes up unto the strong habitation, so will I suddenly make him run from i...
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over...
AGAINST AMMON, EDOM, AND OTHER NATIONS 1-6. The territory of Ammon was N. of Moab, and the two peoples were connected by descent. The carrying away of the tribes on the E. of Jordan by Tiglath-pileser...
CONCERNING EDOM] The bitterness of the tone in which Edom is addressed in this prophecy is doubtless to be ascribed to the affinity between them and the Jews, which made the unnatural exultation of Ed...
HE] the enemy of Edom. LIKE A LION FROM THE SWELLING OF JORDAN] see on Jeremiah 12:5. AGAINST THE HABITATION OF THE STRONG] RM 'unto the permanent pastures,' as the spot where a lion would be most lik...
LIKE A LION FROM THE SWELLING OF JORDAN. — Better, as in Jeremiah 12:5, _the pride of Jordan_ — _i.e.,_ the thick jungle-forests which were the glory of its banks. AGAINST THE HABITATION OF THE STRONG...
הִ֠נֵּה כְּ אַרְיֵ֞ה יַעֲלֶ֨ה מִ גְּאֹ֣ון הַ
Against the children of Ammon Jeremiah raised a protest because their king was in possession of Gad. He declared that by the fierce judgment of war, they were to be dispossessed and driven forth. The...
Behold, (q) he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make (r) him run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may a...
The Edomites, the descendants of Esau, are here brought to account. Long grudge, and an old hatred to Jacob and his seed, marked this race: and to this hour the enmity hath not ceased. Galatians 4:29....
The Prophet here confirms what he had said, that such would be the violence of the Chaldean army, that the Idumeans would not be able to resist it. He then says, that the Chaldeans would come like lio...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...
BEHOLD, HE SHALL COME UP LIKE A LION FROM THE SWELLING OF JORDAN,.... The Targum rightly interprets it of a king and his army, paraphrasing the words thus, "behold, a king with his army shall come up...
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint o...
_Edom shall be a desolation; every one shall hiss_, &c. See note on Jeremiah 18:16. _As in the overthrow of Sodom_, &c. A proverbial expression, denoting an utter destruction. _Behold, he shall come u...
AGAINST EDOM...
Behold, he, the conqueror sent by Jehovah, SHALL COME UP LIKE A LION FROM THE SWELLING OF JORDAN, from his den in the thickets of the river, AGAINST THE HABITATION OF THE STRONG, into the meadow of th...
APPOINT ME: Or, convent me in judgment...
7-22 The Edomites were old enemies to the Israel of God. But their day is now at hand; it is foretold, not only to warn them, but for the sake of the Israel of God, whose afflictions were aggravated b...
This verse is very variously interpreted; some by HE understand the Jews, some understand Nebuchadnezzar, some understand the Edomites; I think the last is most probable to be here meant, because of t...
Jeremiah 49:19 up H5927 (H8799) lion H738 floodplain H1347 Jordan H3383 place H5116 strong H386 suddenly H7280 ...
JUDGMENT AGAINST EDOM (JEREMIAH 49:7). Edom lay to the south east of Judah stretching from the borders of Judah down to the Gulf of Aqabah, a distance of 100 miles. Its importance generally lay in the...
PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS CONTINUED (JEREMIAH 49:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:64). Having learned that judgment was coming on Egypt, Philistia and Moab, we now go on to learn that it will also visit Am...
CONTENTS: Prophecies against the Ammonites, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, kingdoms of Hazor, Elam. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadrezzar, Zedekiah. CONCLUSION: Nations that despise and persecute God's...
Jeremiah 49:1. _Hath Israel no sons; hath he no heir?_ In this bold and striking manner the prophet commences his elegy on Ammon. The king of Ammon had in times of war, seized the cities of Gad. By ev...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The prophecies against _Ammon, Edom, Damascus,_ and _Kedar._ Jeremiah 49:1 are synchronous with the previous chapter, but the section (Jere...
EXPOSITION On Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazer, and Elam. JEREMIAH 49:1 The violence of the Ammonites shall be severely punished. JEREMIAH 49:1 HATH ISRAEL NO SONS! The violent seizure, perp...
Now in chapter 49, he speaks first of the Ammonites. Now, the Ammonites were those people who were north of Moab and east of the Jordan in the upper Jordan area, east of the Sea of Galilee and the Gol...
1 Chronicles 12:15; Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 40:25; Jeremiah 12:5;...
Behold — The Edomites shall come up fiercely against Nebuchadrezzar, but will suddenly flee, yea even from their own country. Appoint — Into whose hands shall I give that country. For who — For I can...