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Jeremiah 49:13 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 49 · verse 13
For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.Jeremiah 49:13 · King James Version
Jeremiah 49:13 in context
11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
12For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
13For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
14I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
15For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- desolationshammâhruinH8047 →
- perpetualʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
- reproachcherpâhcontumely, disgrace, the pudendaH2781 →
- BozrahBotsrâhBotsrah, a place in EdomH1224 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- swornshâbaʻto seven oneselfH7650 →
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The Edomites come next to receive their doom from God, by the mouth of Jeremiah: they also were old enemies to the Israel of God; but their day will come to be reckoned with, and it is now at hand, and is foretold, not only for warning to them, but for comfort to the Israel of God, whose afflictions were very much…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-22