Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by myself—this is Yahweh's declaration—that Bozrah will become a horror, a disgrace, a devastation, and an object for cursing. All of its cities will become devastations forever. 1
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Genesis 36:33When Bela died, then Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
Isaiah 34:6The sword of Yahweh is dripping with blood and covered with fat, 1 dripping with the blood of lambs and goats, covered with the fat of the kidneys of rams. 1 For Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 1
Isaiah 45:23By myself I swear, 1 speaking my just decree, and it will not turn back: 1 'To me every knee will bend, every tongue will swear. 1
Jeremiah 44:26So then, hear the word of Yahweh, all of Judah who are staying in the land of Egypt, 'See, I have sworn by my great name—says Yahweh. My name will no longer be called upon by the mouths of any of the men of Judah in all the land of Egypt, you who now say, “As the Lord Yahweh lives.”
Jeremiah 49:17Edom will become a horror to everyone passing by it. 1 Every such person will tremble and hiss because all of its disasters. 1
Ezekiel 25:13Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: I will strike Edom with my hand and destroy every person and animal there. I will make them a ruined, abandoned place, from Teman to Dedan. They will fall by the sword.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:8-23
The Judgment of Edom. ( b. c. 595.) 7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. 9 If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret… Read the whole commentary →