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Jeremiah 49:14 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 49 · verse 14
I 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.Jeremiah 49:14 · King James Version
Jeremiah 49:14 in context
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.
16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ambassadortsîyra hingeH6735 →
- togetherqâbatsto graspH6908 →
- heathengôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- rumourshᵉmûwʻâhsomething heardH8052 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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