English Standard Version
Jeremiah 49:15
15For behold, I will make you small among the nations, despised among mankind.
Jeremiah 49:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
- New International Version (NIV)“Now I will make you small among the nations, despised by mankind.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For indeed, I will make you small among nations, Despised among men.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord says to Edom, “I will cut you down to size among the nations. You will be despised by all.
Context of Jeremiah 49:15
13For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes." 14I have heard a message from the Lord, and an envoy has been sent among the nations: "Gather yourselves together and come against her, and rise up for battle! For behold, I will make you small among the nations, despised among mankind. 16The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, declares the Lord. 17"Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
Read all of Jeremiah 49Jeremiah 49:15 word by word
כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֥ה קָטֹ֛ן נְתַתִּ֖יךָ בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם בָּז֖וּי בָּאָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 49:15
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.
- Psalms 53:5There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
- Obadiah 1:2Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised.
- Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the Lord your God?" My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like the mire of the streets.
- Luke 1:51He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
Commentaries on Jeremiah 49:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-22Verses 7-22 Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian deserts, and held the same relation to Judah which Moab held toward the kingdom of Israel. Although expressly reserved from attack by Moses Deuteronomy 2:5, a long feud caused the Edomites to cherish so bitter an enmity against Judah, that they exulted with cruel joy over the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans, and showed…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-22Verses 7-22 The Edomites were old enemies to the Israel of God. But their day is now at hand; it is foretold, not only to warn them, but for the sake of the Israel of God, whose afflictions were aggravated by them. Thus Divine judgments go round from nation to nation; the earth is full of commotion, and nothing can escape the ministers of Divine vengeance. The righteousness of God is to be observed amidst the violence of men.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16The leaders of Edom believed they were powerful because they scared travelers on the King's Highway. Edom had a rock fortress, now called Petra. It was difficult to find and reachable only through a deep, narrow gorge. Even this remote place could not protect the Edomites from the Lord's judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. David and Joab had already humbled Edom (2Sa 8:14).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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