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Verse Jeremiah 49:23. _CONCERNING DAMASCUS._] This is the _head_ or
_title_ of another prophecy. _Damascus_ was one of the principal
cities of Syria. It was taken by David, 2 Samuel 8:6, was retaken...
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Though the superscription is confined to Damascus, the prophecy
relates to the whole of Aram, called by us Syria, which was divided
into two parts, the northern, of which Hamath was the capital, and t...
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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)...
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DAMASCUS. The prophecy refers to the Aramæ ans; Hamath, 110 miles N.
of Damascus, and Arpad, 95 m. N. of Hamath, never belonged to the
Damascene kingdom. They were absorbed into the Assyrian empire c....
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THE FORTY-SEVENTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for
Jeremiah).
Damascus. The prophecy concerns Syria generally, of which Damascus was
the principal city.
HAMATH. Now _Hama,_ in the valley...
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_Damascus_ Damascus was for a long time held by a powerful dynasty of
kings, who reduced the other cities under their own sway.
_Hamath Hama_, on the Orontes, 110 miles N. of Damascus.
_Arpad Tell-Er...
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CONCERNING DAMASCUS— Damascus was the capital of the kingdom of
Syria, and had seemingly at this time swallowed up all the other petty
sovereignties of that country. Isaiah had before uttered a prophe...
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VII. AN ORACLE CONCERNING DAMASCUS
Jeremiah 49:23-27
Damascus was the capital of the kingdom of Aram (Syria), the northern
neighbor of Israel. During the ninth century before Christ the Syrians
were...
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Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have
heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;
it cannot be quiet.
CONCERNING DAMASCUS - prophecy as to D...
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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...
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ON THE SEA] If with some Heb. MSS we read 'as' for 'on' it will refer
to the hearts trouble-tossed by conquest....
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CONCERNING DAMASCUS] The prophecy relates to Syria generally, of which
this was the most important city....
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CONCERNING DAMASCUS. — Damascus is named as the capital of Aram, or
Syria. The kingdom first became powerful under Rezon after David’s
death (1 Kings 11:23). In the history of 1 and 2 Kings we find it...
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לְ דַמֶּ֗שֶׂק בֹּ֤ושָֽׁה חֲמָת֙ וְ
אַרְפָּ֔ד...
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CHAPTER XXII
DAMASCUS
Jeremiah 49:23
"I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the
palaces of Benhadad."- Jeremiah 49:27
WE are a little surprised to meet with a prophecy o...
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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...
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Concerning (y) Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they
have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; [there is] sorrow on
the sea; it cannot be quiet.
(y) Which was the chief city of Sy...
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_Damascus, the capital of Syria, Isaias vii. 8. (Worthington) --- It
was punished at the same time as the rest. (Josephus) --- Arphad;
Arad, an island near Tyre, or Raphanæ. (Theodoret) --- Syriac,
"R...
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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....
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Jeremiah speaks here of the kingdom of Syria, which he means by
_Damascus_, where the kings, as it is well known, resided. The Syrians
had been from the beginning very hostile to the Israelites; and
h...
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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...
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CONCERNING DAMASCUS,.... Or, "unto Damascus" d; or, "against Damascus"
e; that is, "thus saith the Lord"; which is to be repeated from the
foregoing instances, Jeremiah 49:1. This is to be understood,...
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Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have
heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; [there is] sorrow on the
sea; it cannot be quiet.
Ver. 23. _Concerning Damascus._] The c...
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_Concerning Damascus_ “Damascus was the capital of the kingdom of
Syria: and had seemingly at this time swallowed up all the other petty
sovereignties of that country. Isaiah had before uttered a prop...
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FAINTHEARTED:
_ Heb._ melted
ON THE SEA:
Or, as on the sea...
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23-27 How easily God can dispirit those nations that have been most
celebrated for valour! Damascus waxes feeble. It was a city of joy,
having all the delights of the sons of men. But those deceive
th...
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The prophet comes to denounce the judgments of God against Syria,
another nation of the Gentiles. DAMASCUS was the head city of Syria,
ISAIAH 7:8, ISAIAH 17:3, or Aram, (as in the Hebrew,) because it...
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Jeremiah 49:23 Damascus H1834 Hamath H2574 Arpad H774 shamed H954
(H8804) heard H8085 (H8804) bad H7451 news...
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JUDGMENT AGAINST DAMASCUS (JEREMIAH 49:23).
Damascus was the capital city of Aram, an Aramean state which was
north of Israel and part of what we now call Syria. It was situated on
the main trade rout...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_There is sorrow (as) on the sea; it cannot be quiet._
LIFE ON THE OCEAN
That which was true of the cities spoken of in our text, is also true,
though in a different sense, of every voyager on the s...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:23 DAMASCUS. See Isaiah 17:1 and Amos
1:3. The chief Aramean city,
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 11:24; 2 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 18:34;...
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Damascus — Being the head of this country, is put for the whole
country. Hamath — Hamath and Arpad were two cities also of Syria. On
the sea — Their inhabitants that live near the sea shall be
trouble...