Focused Passage

Jeremiah 49:12-16

The Nations Summoned Down: Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, Hazor, and Elam under the LORD’s Rule

The chapter moves through five major judgment units: Ammon’s usurpation and future restoration, Edom’s proud wisdom and mountain security brought low, Damascus’s famed city melting in fear, Kedar and Hazor’s desert security plundered by Babylon, and Elam’s bow broken and people scattered before a final restoration promise.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

12 For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.

13 For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”

14 I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”

15 “For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.

16 The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

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Verse 12

Cross-references

Jeremiah 25:28 Classic cross-references Matthew 20:22 Classic cross-references Obadiah 1:15 Classic cross-references Obadiah 1:16 Classic cross-references Romans 11:21 Classic cross-references

Original words

For כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction this is what כֹ֣ה׀ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular If הִ֠נֵּה H2009 Interjection those who אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative do not אֵ֨ין H369 Adverb deserve מִשְׁפָּטָ֜ם H4941 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural to drink לִשְׁתּ֤וֹת H8354 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct the cup הַכּוֹס֙ H3563 Article | Noun - feminine singular must drink it שָׁת֣וֹ H8354 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . יִשְׁתּ֔וּ H8354 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural can you וְאַתָּ֣ה H859 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular . . . ה֔וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular possibly remain unpunished נָקֹ֖ה H5352 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . תִּנָּקֶ֑ה H5352 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular You will not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle go unpunished תִנָּקֶ֔ה H5352 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular for כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction you must drink it too שָׁתֹ֖ה H8354 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . תִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃ H8354 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

Verse 13

Cross-references

Galatians 3:13 Classic cross-references Hebrews 6:13 Classic cross-references Genesis 22:16 Classic cross-references Genesis 36:33 Classic cross-references Isaiah 34:6 Classic cross-references

Original words

For כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction by Myself בִ֤י Preposition | first person common singular I have sworn נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ H7650 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular that כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction Bozrah בָצְרָ֑ה H1224 Noun - proper - feminine singular will become תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular a desolation לְשַׁמָּ֧ה H8047 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular a disgrace לְחֶרְפָּ֛ה H2781 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular a ruin לְחֹ֥רֶב H2721 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular and a curse וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה H7045 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular and all וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct her cities עָרֶ֥יהָ H5892 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular will be תִהְיֶ֖ינָה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural in ruins לְחָרְב֥וֹת H2723 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct forever עוֹלָֽם׃ H5769 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 14

Cross-references

Isaiah 30:4 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:28 Classic cross-references

Original words

I have heard שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular . . . מֵאֵ֣ת H854 Preposition-m | Direct object marker a message שְׁמוּעָ֤ה H8052 Noun - feminine singular from the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular an envoy וְצִ֖יר H6735 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular has been sent שָׁל֑וּחַ H7971 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular to the nations בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם H1471 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Assemble yourselves הִֽתְקַבְּצוּ֙ H6908 Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural to march וּבֹ֣אוּ H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural against her עָלֶ֔יהָ H5921 Preposition | third person feminine singular Rise up וְק֖וּמוּ H6965 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural for battle לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ H4421 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 15

Original words

For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction behold הִנֵּ֥ה H2009 Interjection I will make you נְתַתִּ֖יךָ H5414 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular small קָטֹ֛ן H6996 Adjective - masculine singular among nations בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם H1471 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural despised בָּז֖וּי H959 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular among men בָּאָדָֽם׃ H120 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

Obadiah 1:3 Classic cross-references Obadiah 1:4 Classic cross-references Habakkuk 2:9 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:53 Classic cross-references Job 39:27 Classic cross-references

Original words

The terror you cause תִּֽפְלַצְתְּךָ֞ H8606 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular and the pride of your זְד֣וֹן H2087 Noun - masculine singular construct heart לִבֶּ֔ךָ H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular have deceived הִשִּׁ֤יא H5377 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular you אֹתָךְ֙ H853 Direct object marker | second person masculine singular O dwellers שֹֽׁכְנִי֙ H7931 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct in the clefts בְּחַגְוֵ֣י H2288 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct of the rocks הַסֶּ֔לַע H5553 Article | Noun - masculine singular O occupiers תֹּפְשִׂ֖י H8610 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct of the mountain גִּבְעָ֑ה H1389 Noun - feminine singular summit מְר֣וֹם H4791 Noun - masculine singular construct Though כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction you elevate תַגְבִּ֤יהַ H1361 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular your nest קִנֶּ֔ךָ H7064 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular like the eagle כַּנֶּ֙שֶׁר֙ H5404 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular even from there מִשָּׁ֥ם H8033 Preposition-m | Adverb I will bring you down אֽוֹרִידְךָ֖ H3381 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

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