Focused Passage

Jeremiah 49:7-11

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

7 Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

8 Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.

9 If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?

10 But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.

11 Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 7

Cross-references

Obadiah 1 BSB references Psalms 137:7 Classic cross-references Amos 1:11 Classic cross-references Isaiah 29:14 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 25:12 Classic cross-references Genesis 25:23 Classic cross-references

Original words

Concerning Edom לֶאֱד֗וֹם H123 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular this is what כֹּ֤ה H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular of Hosts צְבָא֔וֹת H6635 Noun - common plural says אָמַר֙ H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Is there no הַאֵ֥ין H369 Adverb longer ע֛וֹד H5750 Adverb wisdom חָכְמָ֖ה H2451 Noun - feminine singular in Teman בְּתֵימָ֑ן H8487 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Has counsel עֵצָה֙ H6098 Noun - feminine singular perished אָבְדָ֤ה H6 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular from the prudent מִבָּנִ֔ים H995 Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Has their wisdom חָכְמָתָֽם׃ H2451 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural decayed נִסְרְחָ֖ה H5628 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular

Verse 8

Cross-references

Jeremiah 25:23 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 46:21 Classic cross-references Genesis 25:3 Classic cross-references Isaiah 21:13 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:30 Classic cross-references

Original words

Turn הָפְנוּ֙ H6437 Verb - Hofal - Imperative - masculine plural [and] run נֻ֤סוּ H5127 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Lie לָשֶׁ֔בֶת H3427 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct low הֶעְמִ֣יקוּ H6009 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural O dwellers יֹשְׁבֵ֖י H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct of Dedan דְּדָ֑ן H1719 Noun - proper - masculine singular for כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction I will bring הֵבֵ֥אתִי H935 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular disaster אֵ֥יד H343 Noun - masculine singular construct on עָלָ֖יו H5921 Preposition | third person masculine singular Esau עֵשָׂ֛ו H6215 Noun - proper - masculine singular at the time עֵ֥ת H6256 Noun - common singular I punish him פְּקַדְתִּֽיו׃ H6485 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular

Verse 9

Cross-references

Obadiah 1:5 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 6:9 Classic cross-references Judges 6:4 Classic cross-references

Original words

If אִם־ H518 Conjunction grape gatherers בֹּֽצְרִים֙ H1219 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural came בָּ֣אוּ H935 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural to you לָ֔ךְ Preposition | second person feminine singular would they not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle leave יַשְׁאִ֖רוּ H7604 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural some gleanings עֽוֹלֵל֑וֹת H5955 Noun - feminine plural . . . אִם־ H518 Conjunction Were thieves גַּנָּבִ֥ים H1590 Noun - masculine plural to come in the night בַּלַּ֖יְלָה H3915 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular would they not steal הִשְׁחִ֥יתוּ H7843 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural only what they wanted דַיָּֽם׃ H1767 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 10

Cross-references

Obadiah 1:6 Classic cross-references Isaiah 17:14 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 23:24 Classic cross-references Malachi 1:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

But כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I אֲנִ֞י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular will strip Esau עֵשָׂ֗ו H6215 Noun - proper - masculine singular bare חָשַׂ֣פְתִּי H2834 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker I will uncover גִּלֵּ֙יתִי֙ H1540 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker his hiding places מִסְתָּרָ֔יו H4565 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and he will be unable לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle . . . יוּכָ֑ל H3201 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to conceal himself וְנֶחְבָּ֖ה H2247 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular His descendants זַרְע֛וֹ H2233 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular will be destroyed שֻׁדַּ֥ד H7703 Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular along with his relatives וְאֶחָ֥יו H251 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and neighbors וּשְׁכֵנָ֖יו H7934 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and he will be no more וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular

Verse 11

Cross-references

Psalms 68:5 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 10:18 Classic cross-references Luke 4:4 Classic cross-references Hosea 14:3 Classic cross-references James 1:27 Classic cross-references

Original words

Abandon עָזְבָ֥ה H5800 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular your orphans יְתֹמֶ֖יךָ H3490 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular I אֲנִ֣י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular will preserve their lives אֲחַיֶּ֑ה H2421 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Let your widows וְאַלְמְנֹתֶ֖יךָ H490 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular trust תִּבְטָֽחוּ׃ס H982 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural in Me עָלַ֥י H5921 Preposition | first person common singular

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