Jeremiah 49:7
in Jeremiah 49Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
KJV
Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
8 notes on this verseConcerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... Or, "unto Edom" (i), thus saith the Lord; or, "against Edom" (k); all which is true, as observed on Jer 49:1; meaning the Idumeans, the posterity of Esau, who was called Edom. Kimchi thinks this respects time yet future, and points at the destruction of Rome, and the Romans, who with the Jews frequently go by the name of Edom; and Abarbinel is of the same mind.
This site's exposition
Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?
on Jeremiah 49:7-11
The question whether wisdom is gone from Teman strikes at Edom’s fame for wisdom: Eliphaz of Job came from Teman. The judgment is complete: “I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places.” Yet verse 11 leaves an exception: “Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives.”
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Many of the prophets foretold their ruin, Jeremiah in this place, Ezek xxv, 12-14 Joel iii, 19 Amos ix, 11, 12, and others. Teman - Was a city of Edom. Dedan - Was a city of Arabia joining to Idumea, Isaiah xxi, 13, they being neighbours to the Edomites are called to flee, and to get into caves, where they might dwell deep in the earth and be in some security.
Many of the expressions used in this prophecy concerning Edom are borrowed from the prophecy of Obadiah, which is concerning Edom; for, all the prophets being inspired by one and the same Spirit, there must needs be a wonderful harmony and agreement in their predictions. Now here it is foretold, I.
Are those at their wits' end that were thought to have the monopoly of prudence? Has counsel perished from the understanding men? It is so, when God is designing the ruin of a people; for whom he will destroy he infatuates.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 Deu 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 great cruelty toward those why fled to them for refuge.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Concerning Edom--a distinct prophecy, copied in part from Obadiah, but with the freedom of one himself inspired and foretelling a later calamity. Obadiah's was fulfilled probably in Sennacherib's time (compare Isa 34:5; Jeremiah's about the same time as his preceding prophecies (Jer 49:12;
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Concerning Edom - This is a new and separate discourse. Teman - A part of Idumea, put here for the whole country.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֶאֱד֗וֹם | leedom | of Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| כֹּ֤ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֙ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֔וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| הַאֵ֥ין | haein | ¿ [is] there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| ע֛וֹד | od | still | H5750 → | 490 times |
| חָכְמָ֖ה | chokhmah | wisdom | H2451 → | 153 times |
| בְּתֵימָ֑ן | beteiman | in Teman | H8487 → | |
| אָבְדָ֤ה | ʾavedah | has it been lost? | H6 → | 184 times |
| עֵצָה֙ | ʾetzah | counsel | H6098 → | 89 times |
| מִבָּנִ֔ים | mibanim | from understanding [people] | H995 → | 170 times |
| נִסְרְחָ֖ה | nisrechah | has it been corrupted? | H5628 → | |
| חָכְמָתָֽם׃ | chakhematam | wisdom their | H2451 → | 153 times |
לֶאֱד֗וֹםof Edom
leedomH123 →99 times
כֹּ֤הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַר֙he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֔וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
הַאֵ֥ין¿ [is] there not
haeinH369 →789 times
ע֛וֹדstill
odH5750 →490 times
חָכְמָ֖הwisdom
chokhmahH2451 →153 times
בְּתֵימָ֑ןin Teman
beteimanH8487 →
אָבְדָ֤הhas it been lost?
ʾavedahH6 →184 times
עֵצָה֙counsel
ʾetzahH6098 →89 times
מִבָּנִ֔יםfrom understanding [people]
mibanimH995 →170 times
נִסְרְחָ֖הhas it been corrupted?
nisrechahH5628 →
חָכְמָתָֽם׃wisdom their
chakhematamH2451 →153 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 49:20Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away;…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 50:45
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged…
- Malachi 1:3–4
but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
- Jeremiah 50:45
Through
Jeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
it leads to
- Jeremiah 48:1
Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and…
- Jeremiah 9:26
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in…
- Psalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- Jeremiah 48:1
Through
Genesis 36:15These are the chiefs among the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
it leads to
- Obadiah 1:9
Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.
- Genesis 36:11–12
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
- Job 2:11
Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together…
- Obadiah 1:9
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.