Surely the least of the flock shall draw them— Surely the tender lambs of the flock shall be carried away; their pastures shall be laid waste even in their presence. Houbigant. Others, by the least of the flock, understand the common soldiers in the Chaldean army; "any one of whom (says the prophet) shall have sufficient strength and courage to defeat the Idumaean forces."
Verse Jeremiah 49:20. _THE INHABITANTS OF TEMAN_] Taken here for the whole of Idumea. These are a kind of synonyms which prevent monotony, and give variety to the poet's versification. _SURELY THE LE...
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...
COUNSEL. Referring to Teman's wisdom. Compare Jeremiah 49:7. TAKEN. counselled. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ DRAW THEM OUT. As. dog drags away and tears. dead body. HABITATIONS: or, folds....
These _vv_. recur with variations in Jeremiah 50:44-46....
_they shall drag … of the flock_ mg. is scarcely intelligible. The figure is that of dogs or other fierce beasts seizing the most helpless of the sheep. Cp. Jeremiah 15:3. But Du. followed by Co. unde...
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...
Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: s...
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...
THE LEAST, etc.] RV 'They shall drag them away, _even_ the little ones of the flock.' Edom shall be as helpless before the foe as sheep....
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...
SURELY. — Literally, _If not..._” — the strongest Hebrew idiom of asseveration. THE LEAST OF THE FLOCK SHALL DRAW THEM OUT... — The English is obscure, probably because the object of the verb has been...
לָכֵ֞ן שִׁמְע֣וּ עֲצַת ־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָעַץ֙...
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...
Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least (t) of the flock shall draw them out...
_Little. Chaldean, "chiefs of the people." Tsair (Haydock) is supposed to have this sense, Micheas v. 2. (Calmet) --- But the weakest of the Chaldeans will be an overmatch for Edom. (Haydock)_...
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 proceeds with his subject respecting the Idumeans and their destruction; but he makes a preface in order to gain credit to his words. He then says that this was God’s _counsel _and his _th...
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...
THEREFORE HEAR THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD THAT HE HATH TAKEN AGAINST EDOM,.... The decree of the Lord; the purpose and resolution he had taken up in his heart against the Idumeans, which was wisely forme...
Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: su...
_Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord_ Let them, the Edomites, hear and consider what God hath purposed against them. _Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out_ By the _least of the flock_,...
Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He hath taken against Edom, a decree which is already firmly resolved upon, AND HIS PURPOSES THAT HE HATH PURPOSED AGAINST THE INHABITANTS OF TEMAN, v. 7: S...
AGAINST EDOM...
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...
_ Edom_ and _Teman_ in this verse signify both the same thing; God calls to men to hear the resolutions he had taken up against the Edomites, resolutions as wise and steady as if they had been taken u...
Jeremiah 49:20 hear H8085 (H8798) counsel H6098 LORD H3068 taken H3289 (H8804) Edom H123 purposes H4284 proposed
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 Corinthians 1:27; Acts 4:28; Ephesians 1:11; Isaiah 14:24;...
Teman — Edom and Teman signify the same thing. The least — The least of Nebuchadrezzar's forces shall drag them out of their lurking places....