Focused Passage

Jeremiah 49:17-22

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.

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17 “Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

18 As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

19 Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

20 Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

21 At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.

22 Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

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References and Original Words

Verse 17

Original words

Edom אֱד֖וֹם H123 Noun - proper - masculine singular will become וְהָיְתָ֥ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular an object of horror לְשַׁמָּ֑ה H8047 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular All כֹּ֚ל H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct who pass עֹבֵ֣ר H5674 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular by עָלֶ֔יהָ H5921 Preposition | third person feminine singular will be appalled יִשֹּׁ֥ם H8074 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular and will scoff וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק H8319 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular at עַל־ H5921 Preposition all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct her wounds מַכּוֹתֶֽהָ׃ H4347 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 18

Original words

As Sodom סְדֹ֧ם H5467 Noun - proper - feminine singular and Gomorrah וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה H6017 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular were overthrown כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞ת H4114 Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct along with their neighbors וּשְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָ H7934 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular no לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle one אִ֔ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular will dwell יֵשֵׁ֥ב H3427 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular there שָׁם֙ H8033 Adverb no וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle man בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . אָדָֽם׃ H120 Noun - masculine singular will abide יָג֥וּר H1481 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular there בָּ֖הּ Preposition | third person feminine singular
Verse 19

Original words

Behold הִ֠נֵּה H2009 Interjection one will come up יַעֲלֶ֨ה H5927 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular like a lion כְּאַרְיֵ֞ה H738 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular from the thickets מִגְּא֣וֹן H1347 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct of the Jordan הַיַּרְדֵּן֮ H3383 Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the watered pasture נְוֵ֣ה H5116 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . אֵיתָן֒ H386 Adjective - masculine singular For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction in an instant אַרְגִּ֤יעָה H7280 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular I will chase [Edom] אֲרִיצֶ֨נּוּ H7323 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | third person masculine singular from [her land] מֵֽעָלֶ֔יהָ H5921 Preposition-m | third person feminine singular Who וּמִ֥י H4310 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative is the chosen one בָח֖וּר H977 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular I will appoint אֶפְקֹ֑ד H6485 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular for this אֵלֶ֣יהָ H413 Preposition | third person feminine singular For כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction who מִ֤י H4310 Interrogative is like Me כָמ֙וֹנִי֙ H3644 Preposition | first person common singular and who וּמִ֣י H4310 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative can challenge Me יֹעִידֶ֔נִּי H3259 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular What וּמִי־ H4310 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative . . . זֶ֣ה H2088 Pronoun - masculine singular shepherd רֹעֶ֔ה H7462 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative can stand יַעֲמֹ֖ד H5975 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular against Me לְפָנָֽי׃ס H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Verse 20

Original words

Therefore לָכֵ֞ן H3651 Adverb hear שִׁמְע֣וּ H8085 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural the plans עֲצַת־ H6098 Noun - feminine singular construct that אֲשֶׁ֤ר H834 Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular has drawn up יָעַץ֙ H3289 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular against אֶל־ H413 Preposition Edom אֱד֔וֹם H123 Noun - proper - masculine singular and the strategies וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יו H4284 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative He has devised חָשַׁ֖ב H2803 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular against אֶל־ H413 Preposition the people יֹשְׁבֵ֣י H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct of Teman תֵימָ֑ן H8487 Noun - proper - feminine singular Surely אִם־ H518 Conjunction - לֹ֤א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle the little ones צְעִירֵ֣י H6810 Adjective - masculine plural construct of the flock הַצֹּ֔אן H6629 Article | Noun - common singular will be dragged away יִסְחָבוּם֙ H5498 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural certainly אִם־ H518 Conjunction - לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle their pasture נְוֵהֶֽם׃ H5116 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural will be made desolate יַשִּׁ֛ים H8074 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular because of them עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם H5921 Preposition | third person masculine plural

BSB notes

  • Or their pasture will be appalled at their fate
Verse 21

Original words

At the sound מִקּ֣וֹל H6963 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct of their fall נִפְלָ֔ם H5307 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural the earth הָאָ֑רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular will quake רָעֲשָׁ֖ה H7493 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular their cry צְעָקָ֕ה H6818 Noun - feminine singular will resound נִשְׁמַ֥ע H8085 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular . . . קוֹלָֽהּ׃ H6963 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular to the Red ס֖וּף H5488 Noun - masculine singular Sea בְּיַם־ H3220 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct

BSB notes

  • Or the Sea of Reeds
Verse 22

Original words

Look הִנֵּ֤ה H2009 Interjection An eagle כַנֶּ֙שֶׁר֙ H5404 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular will soar יַעֲלֶ֣ה H5927 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular and swoop down וְיִדְאֶ֔ה H1675 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular spreading וְיִפְרֹ֥שׂ H6566 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular its wings כְּנָפָ֖יו H3671 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular over עַל־ H5921 Preposition Bozrah בָּצְרָ֑ה H1224 Noun - proper - feminine singular In that הַה֔וּא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular day בַּיּ֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular the hearts לֵ֞ב H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct of Edom’s אֱדוֹם֙ H123 Noun - proper - masculine singular mighty men גִּבּוֹרֵ֤י H1368 Adjective - masculine plural construct will be וְֽ֠הָיָה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular like the heart כְּלֵ֖ב H3820 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct of a woman אִשָּׁ֥ה H802 Noun - feminine singular in labor מְצֵרָֽה׃ס H6887 Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular

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