--- title: "Bullinger" description: "The Forty-Fifth Prophecy of Jeremiah (see book comments for Jeremiah). Concerning, &c. Supply the Ellipsis, from Jeremiah 47:1 . Ammonites = sons" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/jeremiah/49" --- **The Forty-Fifth Prophecy of Jeremiah** (see book comments for Jeremiah). **** **Concerning, &c.** Supply the Ellipsis, from [Jeremiah 47:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/47/1) . **Ammonites** = sons of Ammon, north of Moab. When the tribes east of Jordan were carried away by Tiglath-pileser ([2 Kings 15:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/29) ), Ammon supplanted Gad. This is the sin dealt with here. **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* **Rabbah.** Now *'Amman,* on the highlands of Gilead. A large Roman city was built there four centuries later, called "Philadelphia". Its ruins yet remain. **heap** = *tel.* **daughters:** i.e. villages, or smaller dependent towns. **Heshbon.** Compare [Jeremiah 48:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/2) . **Ai.** An Ammonite town, not yet identified. **cry** = cry sadly. **hedges** = fences. **Wherefore . . . ? Who . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* **thy flowing valley** = thy valley flowing [with blood]. **trusted** = confided. Hebrew. *bat* a *h* . App-69 . **saying.** Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "she who is saying in her heart". **bring again, &c.** See note on [Jeremiah 48:47](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/47) . **children** = sons. Not the same word as [Jeremiah 49:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/11) . **The Forty-Sixth Prophecy of Jeremiah** (see book comments for Jeremiah). **** **Edom.** From Esau. Judgment for his unbrotherly conduct to Israel. Compare [Psalms 137:7](../../../kjv/psalms/137/7) . [Isaiah 63:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/63/1) .[Ezekiel 25:12-14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/25/12-14) ; and Obadiah. **the LORD of hosts.** See note on [Jeremiah 6:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/6) . **Is . . . ? is . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* **wisdom . . . Teman?** A grandson of Esau. See notes on p. 666. **Teman.** A town in Edom. Not yet identified. Compare [Job 2:11](../../../kjv/job/2/11) .[Amos 1:12](../../../kjv/amos/1/12) .[Obadiah 1:9](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/9) . [Habakkuk 3:3](../../../kjv/habakkuk/3/3) . **dwell deep:** i.e. in out of the way recesses. **Dedan.** Not identified. He was a grandson of Abraham ([Genesis 25:1-3](../../../kjv/genesis/25/1-3) ). Compare [Isaiah 21:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/13) .[Ezekiel 25:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/25/13) . A tribe descended from Abraham by Keturah ([Genesis 25:3](../../../kjv/genesis/25/3) ). **grapegatherers.** Compare [Obadiah 1:5](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/5) . **But.** Supply the Ellipsis thus: But [not so I], for I have laid Esau bare, &c. **children** = young children. Not the same word as in [Jeremiah 49:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/6) . **trust** = confide. Hebrew. *batah* . App-69 . **the cup.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), for its contents. See [Jeremiah 25:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/15) . **I have sworn.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 22:16](../../../kjv/genesis/22/16) ). App-92 . **Bozrah.** Now *el Buseirah,* south-east of the Dead Sea. Not the Bozrah of [Jeremiah 48:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/24) . **heathen** = nations. **ye together** =. yourselves out [to war]. **men.** Hebrew. *'adam* (with Art.) App-14 . **terribleness** = monstrous thing: i.e. an Edomite *Asherah.* App-42 . **pride** = insolence. **the rock.** Probably *Sela.* **nest.** Compare [Obadiah 1:4](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/4) . **eagle** = vulture. **a desolation** = an astonishment. **the overthrow, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 19:25](../../../kjv/genesis/19/25) .[Deuteronomy 29:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/29/23); [Deuteronomy 29:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/29/23) ). App-92 . A word almost restricted to that event. **he.** Nebuchadnezzar. See note on [Jeremiah 48:40](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/40) . **like a lion.** Figure of speech *Simile.* Contrast [Jeremiah 4:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/7) , where the assault is against Zion and the feelings are more deeply stirred. **swelling.** Hebrew pride. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), for the proud beasts in the undergrowth of its banks. See [Jeremiah 12:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/12/5) ; [Jeremiah 50:44](../../../kjv/jeremiah/50/44) . Compare [Job 41](../../../kjv/job/41) . **the strong** = a strong one. **but** = for. **him:** i.e. Edom. **from her:** i.e. from Idumea. **a chosen man:** i.e. Nebuchadnezzar. **over her** = over the pasturage. **who is like Me?** Compare note on [Exodus 15:11](../../../kjv/exodus/15/11) . **appoint Me the time?** i.e. who will summon or arraign Me? **shepherd** = ruler. **counsel.** Referring to Teman's wisdom. Compare [Jeremiah 49:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/7) . **taken** = counselled. Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* **draw them out.** As a dog drags away and tears a dead body. **habitations:** or, folds. **the noise thereof.** Hebrew = its sound. Some codices, with eight early printed editions and Aramaean, read "at their noise" (plural) **in** = at. **fly as the eagle.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:49](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/49) ). App-92 . Compare [Jeremiah 48:40](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/40) . **mighty men.** Hebrew. *geber.* App-14 . **The Forty-Seventh Prophecy of Jeremiah** (see book comments for Jeremiah). **** **Damascus.** The prophecy concerns Syria generally, of which Damascus was the principal city. **Hamath.** Now *Hama,* in the valley of the Greekntes, north of Damascus. **Arpad.** Now *Tell Erfad,* thirteen miles north of Aleppo. Compare [2 Kings 18:34](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/34) ; [2 Kings 19:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/13) .[Isaiah 10:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/10/9) ; [Isaiah 36:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/19) ; [Isaiah 37:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/13) . **evil tidings** = calamitous report. Hebrew. *ra'a'* . App-44 . **sorrow** = anxiety, or trouble. Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 . Not the same word as in [Jeremiah 49:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/24) . be quiet = rest. **sorrows** = pangs. Hebrew. *hebel,* as in [Jeremiah 13:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/13/21) . **not left** = not restored, strengthened, or fortified. A *Homonym.* Here the meaning is as in [Nehemiah 3:8](../../../kjv/nehemiah/3/8) . See notes on [Exodus 23:5](../../../kjv/exodus/23/5) . Deu 32:36 . [1 Kings 14:10](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/10) . [2 Kings 14:26](../../../kjv/2-kings/14/26) . 2Ki 49:25 . Not its other meaning, to leave or forsake, as in [Genesis 2:24](../../../kjv/genesis/2/24) ; [Genesis 39:6](../../../kjv/genesis/39/6) . [Nehemiah 5:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/5/10) . [Psalms 49:10](../../../kjv/psalms/49/10) . Mai. [Jeremiah 4:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/1) (Hebrew = Ch. [Jeremiah 3:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/19) ). **men.** Hebrew, plural of' *'enosh* . App-14 . **Ben-hadad.** Three kings of Damascus bore this official name. See 1Ki 15:18 . [2 Kings 13:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/3) , [2 Kings 13:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/25) . **The Forty-Eighth Prophecy of Jeremiah** (see book comments for Jeremiah). **** **Kedar.** Name of the Bedouin dwelling in tents ([Jeremiah 2:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/10) ), east of Palestine. **Hazor.** Near the Euphrates and the Persian Gulf. **men** = sons. **Fear is on every side.** Hebrew. *magor missabib.* Compare [Jeremiah 6:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/25) ; [Jeremiah 20:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/3) , [Jeremiah 20:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/10) ; [Jeremiah 46:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/5) .[Lamentations 2:22](../../../kjv/lamentations/2/22) . **conceived a purpose** = devised a device. Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* **which dwell alone.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 23:9](../../../kjv/numbers/23/9) . [Deuteronomy 33:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/28) ). **all winds** = all quarters. winds. Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 . **in the utmost corners** = have the corners of their hair or beards polled. Compare [Jeremiah 9:26](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/26) . **dragons** = jackals. **The Forty-Ninth Prophecy of Jeremiah** (see book comments for Jeremiah). **** **Elam.** The country east of the Tigris. Compare [Daniel 8:1](../../../kjv/daniel/8/1) , [Daniel 8:2](../../../kjv/daniel/8/2) . Its subjugation by Nebuchadnezzar ([Jeremiah 25:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/25) ). Compare [Habakkuk 2:8](../../../kjv/habakkuk/2/8) . **four.** The number connected with the earth ( App-10 ). **life** = soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **the latter days.** The end or after part of the days. **bring again, &c.** See note on [Jeremiah 48:47](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/47) . 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