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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Jeremiah 49 This chapter contains prophecies concerning the judgments of God on several nations and kingdoms, chiefly bordering on the land of Israel; on the Ammonites, Jeremiah 49:1; on the Edomites, Jeremiah 49:7; on the kingdom of Damascus, or the Syrians, Jeremiah 49:23; on the Kedarenes or Arabians, Jeremiah 49:28; and on the Elamites or Persians, Jeremiah 49:34.
John Gill
For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord,.... This he did, because he could swear by no greater, and to show the certain and infallible accomplishment of the event, and the importance of it; and which was so extraordinary, that it was scarce thought credible, and therefore an oath is used to confirm it: that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; not Rome, as...
Matthew Henry
The cup of trembling still goes round, and the nations must all drink of it, according to the instructions given to Jeremiah, ch. xxv. 15. This chapter puts it into the hands, I. Of the Ammonites, ver. 1-6. II. Of the Edomites, ver. 7-22. III. Of the Syrians, ver. 23-27. IV. Of the Kedarenes, and the kingdoms of Hazor, ver. 28-33. V. Of the Elamites, ver. 34-39. When Israel was scarcely saved...