Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 49:20
Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.
Read Jeremiah 49. Compare commentaries on this chapter.
Source and publication rights
Text Creation Partnership. Public domain; TCP unrestricted text and encoding. Source edition.
Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.
Jeremiah49:20
20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom, and his purposes that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman : Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out , surely, he shall make their habitations desolate with them g.
Edom and Teman in this verse signifie both the same thing, God calls to men to hear the resolutions he had taken up against the Edomites, resolutions as wise and steady as if they had been taken upon the wisest counsels, and deliberation.
God is resolved to drive out the Edomites, and the least of Nebuchadnezzar's Forces shall drag them out of their lurking places, and God will make the place where they dwell a desolation.
Matthew Poole and continuators, Annotations upon the Holy Bible, Jeremiah 49:20. Public domain.
Permanent link. Source edition.