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Jeremiah 49:16

Jeremiah 49:16
Thy 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart,.... Some render it, "thine idol" (o); see Kg1 15:13; which, being terrible to them, they thought it might be so to others, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Jeremiah 49:7-22

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 49:7-22

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,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

As for thy terribleness The text is probably corrupt, but no certain emendation has been suggested. If it stands, we must take the sense to be O thy trembling, i.e. either (a) how wilt thou tremble at…