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Jeremiah 49

Jer. 49:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Concerning Edom
'Edom (Hebrew #123)
from 122; red (see Gen. 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
KJV usage: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
Pronounce: ed-ome'
Origin: or (fully) oEdowm {ed-ome'}
b, thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
; Is wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
c no more in Teman
Teyman (Hebrew #8487)
the same as 8486; Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them
KJV usage: south, Teman.
Pronounce: tay-mawn'
Origin: or Teman {tay-mawn'}
? is counsel
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
d perished
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
from the prudent
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
? is their wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
vanished
carach (Hebrew #5628)
to extend (even to excess)
KJV usage: exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish.
Pronounce: saw-rakh'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ezek. 25:12• 12Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath made himself very guilty, and revenged himself upon them, (Ezek. 25:12)
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Amos 1:11‑12• 11Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity; and his anger did tear continually, and he kept his wrath for ever.
 12And I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. (Amos 1:11‑12)
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Obad. 8• 8Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? (Obad. 8)
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Job 5:12‑13• 12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong: (Job 5:12‑13)

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Lord of Hosts,
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Edom.
Jer. 25:9,21• 9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual wastes.
 21Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon; (Jer. 25:9,21)
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Gen. 25:30• 30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with the red--the red thing there, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom. (Gen. 25:30)
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Gen. 27:41• 41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob. (Gen. 27:41)
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Gen. 36:8• 8Thus Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau is Edom. (Gen. 36:8)
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Num. 20:14‑21• 14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us,
 15how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers;
 16and when we cried to Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt; and behold, we are at Kadesh, a city at the extremity of thy border.
 17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country; we will not pass through fields, or through vineyards, neither will we drink water out of the wells: we will go by the king's road; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.
 18But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
 19And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high way; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then I will pay for it: I will only, without anything else, go through on my feet.
 20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
 21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; and Israel turned away from him. (Num. 20:14‑21)
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Num. 24:17‑18• 17I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh: There cometh a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and he shall cut in pieces the corners of Moab, and destroy all the sons of tumult.
 18And Edom shall be a possession, and Seir a possession,--they, his enemies; but Israel will do valiantly. (Num. 24:17‑18)
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Deut. 23:7• 7Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother. Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land. (Deut. 23:7)
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Psa. 83:4‑10• 4They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
 5For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
 6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
 7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
 8Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.
 9Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:
 10Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground. (Psa. 83:4‑10)
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Psa. 137:7• 7Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation! (Psa. 137:7)
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Isa. 34:1‑17• 1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and all its fulness; the world, and all that cometh forth of it.
 2For the wrath of Jehovah is against all the nations, and his fury against all their armies: he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
 3And their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up from their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
 4And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered fruit from the fig-tree.
 5For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.
 6The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
 7And the buffaloes shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
 8For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.
 9And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch:
 10it shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
 11And the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the great owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he shall stretch out upon it the line of waste, and the plummets of emptiness.
 12Of her nobles who should proclaim the kingdom, none are there; and all her princes shall be nought.
 13And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches.
 14And there shall the beasts of the desert meet with the jackals, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; the lilith also shall settle there, and find for herself a place of rest.
 15There shall the arrow-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there also shall the vultures be gathered one with another.
 16Search ye in the book of Jehovah and read: not one of these shall fail, one shall not have to seek for the other; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.
 17For he himself hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them with the line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. (Isa. 34:1‑17)
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Isa. 63:1‑6• 1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength?--I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
 2--Wherefore is redness in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?
 3I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples not a man was with me; and I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all mine apparel.
 4For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed had come.
 5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: and mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
 6And I have trodden down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my fury; and their blood have I brought down to the earth. (Isa. 63:1‑6)
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Ezek. 25:12‑14• 12Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath made himself very guilty, and revenged himself upon them,
 13therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also stretch out my hand upon Edom; and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and unto Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
 14And I will execute my vengeance upon Edom, by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 25:12‑14)
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Ezek. 35:1‑15• 1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
 2Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
 3and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.
 4I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be a desolation: and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
 5Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword, in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
 6therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will certainly appoint thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated blood, blood shall pursue thee.
 7And I will make mount Seir a desolation and an astonishment, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth;
 8and I will fill his mountains with his slain. In thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy water-courses shall they fall that are slain with the sword.
 9I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
 10Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it, whereas Jehovah was there:
 11therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will even do according to thine anger and according to thine envy, as thou hast done out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.
 12And thou shalt know that I Jehovah have heard all thy reproaches, which thou hast uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.
 13And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
 14Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee a desolation.
 15As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolated, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be a desolation, O mount Seir, and all Edom, the whole of it: and they shall know that I am Jehovah. (Ezek. 35:1‑15)
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Dan. 11:41• 41And he shall enter into the land of beauty, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. (Dan. 11:41)
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Joel 3:19• 19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, in that they have shed innocent blood in their land. (Joel 3:19)
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Amos 1:11‑12• 11Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity; and his anger did tear continually, and he kept his wrath for ever.
 12And I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. (Amos 1:11‑12)
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Obad. 1‑9• 1The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations. Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
 2Behold, I have made thee small among the nations; thou art greatly despised.
 3The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high;--he that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
 4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.
 5If thieves had come to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left some gleanings?
 6How is Esau searched! his hidden things sought out!
 7All the men of thy confederacy have pushed thee to the border; the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, they have prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a snare under thee. There is no understanding in him.
 8Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
 9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter. (Obad. 1‑9)
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Mal. 1:3‑4• 3and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
 4If Edom say, We are broken down, but we will build again the ruined places,--thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them the territory of wickedness, and the people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever. (Mal. 1:3‑4)
Is wisdom.
Jer. 18:18• 18And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. (Jer. 18:18)
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Job 5:12‑14• 12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
 14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night. (Job 5:12‑14)
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Isa. 19:11‑13• 11They are but fools, the princes of Zoan, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: their counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
 12Where are they then, thy wise men? Let them now tell thee, and let them make known what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
 13The princes of Zoan are become foolish, the princes of Noph are deceived; and the corner-stones of its tribes have caused Egypt to err. (Isa. 19:11‑13)
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Isa. 29:14• 14therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvellously with this people, to do marvellously, even with wonder, and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hid. (Isa. 29:14)
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Obad. 8• 8Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? (Obad. 8)
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Rom. 1:22‑23• 22professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
 23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles. (Rom. 1:22‑23)
Teman.
Jer. 49:20• 20Therefore hear the counsel of Jehovah, which he hath taken against Edom, and his purposes which he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: The little ones of the flock shall certainly draw them away; he shall certainly make their habitation desolate for them. (Jer. 49:20)
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Gen. 36:11,15• 11--And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
 15These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, (Gen. 36:11,15)
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1 Chron. 1:53• 53chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, (1 Chron. 1:53)
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Job 2:11• 11And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him. (Job 2:11)
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Job 4:1• 1And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, (Job 4:1)
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Ezek. 25:13• 13therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also stretch out my hand upon Edom; and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and unto Dedan shall they fall by the sword. (Ezek. 25:13)
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Amos 1:12• 12And I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. (Amos 1:12)
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Obad. 9• 9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter. (Obad. 9)
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Hab. 3:3• 3+God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, And the earth is full of his praise. (Hab. 3:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Concerning Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Is there no more wisdom in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom spent?