Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Jeremiah 49:15
Small, &c.— Behold, I have made thee of small account among the nations, contemptible among the men of whom thou art horribly afraid.
Small, &c.— Behold, I have made thee of small account among the nations, contemptible among the men of whom thou art horribly afraid.
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...
MEN. Hebrew. _'adam_ (with Art.) App-14....
These _vv_. are parallel to Obadiah 1:1-4, whence they are borrowed; see introd. note....
B. The Subsequent Conditions Jeremiah 49:14-18 TRANSLATION (14) I have heard tidings from the LORD, and an ambassador has been sent to the nations: Gather yourselves and come against her! Rise up to...
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. I WILL MAKE THEE SMALL AMONG THE HEATHEN. David and Joab had already humbled Edom ()....
49:15 men. (e-13) 'Mankind,' the _ Adam_ ....
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...
AMONG THE HEATHEN. — Better here, as no marked contrast with Israel is intended, _among the nations. _...
כִּֽי ־הִנֵּ֥ה קָטֹ֛ן נְתַתִּ֖יךָ בַּ † גֹּויִ֑ם...
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...
_Little. Edom was scarcely known, except in sacred history; and it was forced to receive circumcision by the Machabees._...
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....
Interpreters for the most part give this exposition, that the people of Edom would be contemptible, because God had determined to cast them down from their dignity, which they for a time possessed: an...
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...
FOR, LO, I WILL MAKE THEE SMALL AMONG THE HEATHEN,.... Or, "I have given thee", or "made thee" m; as if it respected what Edom was at first, a people few in number, and their country not large, as Abe...
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, [and] despised among men. Ver. 15. _For, lo, I will make thee._] See on Obadiah 1:2, whence Jeremiah took this, and more besides, or else Obadiah fr...
_I have heard a rumour_ Hebrew, שׁמועה, a report or _message, from the Lord_, and _an ambassador is sent unto the heathen._ Obadiah begins his prophecy against Edom in similar words. The prophets, it...
AGAINST EDOM...
For, lo, so the Lord takes up the message in person, I WILL MAKE THEE SMALL AMONG THE HEATHEN AND DESPISED AMONG MEN, in just retribution for Edom's pride....
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...
Obadiah, in his prophecy against Edom, OB 2, hath much the same words, importing that God would bring the Edomites very low, and make them very contemptible....
Jeremiah 49:15 make H5414 (H8804) small H6996 nations H1471 Despised H959 (H8803) men H120...
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 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; Luke 1:51; Micah 7:10;...