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Jeremiah 49:15 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 49 · verse 15
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.Jeremiah 49:15 · King James Version
Jeremiah 49:15 in context
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.
17Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- despisedbâzâhto disesteemH959 →
- heathengôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- smallqâṭânabbreviatedH6996 →
- makenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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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