Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 49:25
How is the (a) city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
(a) He speaks this in the person of the king and of them of the country who will wonder to see Damascus the chief city destroyed.
How is the (a) city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
(a) He speaks this in the person of the king and of them of the country who will wonder to see Damascus the chief city destroyed.
Verse Jeremiah 49:25. _HOW IS THE CITY OF PRAISE NOT LEFT_] Damascus is so ruined that she can no more be called a _praiseworthy_ or _happy_ _city_....
An exclamation of sorrow wrung from the prophet at the thought of the people of Damascus remaining to be slaughtered. The words my joy express the prophet’s own sympathy. The praise of Damascus for be...
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)...
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....
NOT LEFT. not restored, strengthened, or fortified.. _Homonym._ Here the meaning is as in Nehemiah 3:8. See notes on Exodus 23:5. Deu 32:36. 1 Kings 14:10;...
_not forsaken_ The negative quite reverses the sense we should expect. Accordingly Du. and Co., emending the MT., render respectively, "Woe to her!" and "Woe to me!" continuing, "For the city of prais...
HOW IS THE CITY OF PRAISE NOT LEFT— _A city of praise,_ is a city of fame and renown: compare chap. Jeremiah 33:9 Jeremiah 51:41 and Isaiah 62:7. This is spoken in the person of the king, or some inha...
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...
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! HOW IS THE CITY OF PRAISE NOT LEFT. The prophet, in the person of a citizen of Damascus deploring its calamity, calls it "the city of praise...
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 DAMASCUS] The prophecy relates to Syria generally, of which this was the most important city....
HOW IS.. NOT LEFT] i.e. how sad it is that the inhabitants, paralysed with fear, have not saved themselves by fleeing in time!...
HOW IS THE CITY OF PRAISE NOT LEFT...! — The exclamation, half scornful, half ironical, points to the fact that the inhabitants of Damascus had tried in vain to flee (Jeremiah 49:24). The city so fair...
אֵ֥יךְ לֹֽא ־עֻזְּבָ֖ה עִ֣יר _תְּהִלָּ֑ת_† קִרְיַ֖ת מְשֹׂושִֽׂי
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...
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...
_They. Hebrew, Septuagint, and Chaldean add, "not." Why have they not spared this beautiful city? or, why have not its citizens given it up, to prevent its entire demolition?_...
In the prophecies of Zechariah we have a similar threatening against Damascus. Zechariah 9:1. The Lord is visiting his enemies, and the enemies of his Church, and therefore the day is awful....
Some think “my” to be redundant, and therefore render it “the city of joy;” (43) but they seem to be induced by no good reason; for they think it absurd that it should be called a city of joy to the P...
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...
HOW IS THE CITY OF PRAISE NOT LEFT,.... The city of Damascus, famous for its antiquity, its wealth and riches, strength and power; and with the Heathens for its devotion and superstition. So Julian i...
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! Ver. 25. _How is the city of praise not left?_] Why is so praiseworthy and renowned a city so demolished? See Jeremiah 49:23. Cause enough ther...
_Damascus is waxed feeble_ That is, the inhabitants of Damascus. They have lost their ancient courage and valour; they were wont to be formidable to their enemies, but now they flee before them. _Fear...
AGAINST DAMASCUS, HAZOK, AND ELAM...
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy? How was it that the place of delight, as Damascus was called of old, was not abandoned by its inhabitants, so that they might have saved their l...
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...
It is called THE CITY OF PRAISE, because it was a city so much praised, a city of great renown, which the prophet seeing like to be destroyed, lamenteth either in the person of the king of Syria, or o...
Jeremiah 49:25 city H5892 praise H8416 deserted H5800 (H8795) city H7151 joy H4885 Jer
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...
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...
Daniel 4:30; Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 14:4; Jeremiah 33:9; Jeremiah 48:2;...
Of my joy — A city of great renown. The king of Syria is here supposed to speak....