Jeremiah 49:10
in Jeremiah 49But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
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ASV
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.
KJV
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
5 notes on this verseJeremiah refers to these angels as a fortification, although Symmachus interprets this [word] as a message, but one could also consider it in the sense of a "siege." Taking it this way, God calls together many nations for war as a sign against Idumea and the angels are set in motion by him. And, having been set in motion by God for war, they incite others to fight [with them], as Obadiah says. For the surrounding nations were allied with Israel against Idumea.
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 Awakening2 voices
His brethren the Moabites, and his neighbours the Philistines, whom he might have expected succours from, or at least shelter with, are spoiled as well as he and disabled to do him any service. And he is not, or there is not he, there is none to him, none left him, that may say what follows (
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But I have made Esau bare,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I have made Esau bare - I have stripped him of all defense, and have discovered his hiding-places to his enemies.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֞י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| חָשַׂ֣פְתִּי | chasafti | I will strip bare | H2834 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֵשָׂ֗ו | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | |
| גִּלֵּ֙יתִי֙ | gileiti | I will uncover | H1540 → | 186 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִסְתָּרָ֔יו | mistarav | hiding places its | H4565 → | 10 times |
| וְנֶחְבָּ֖ה | venechbah | and it will hide itself | H2247 → | |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יוּכָ֑ל | yukhal | it will be able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| שֻׁדַּ֥ד | shudad | it will be devastated | H7703 → | 57 times |
| זַרְע֛וֹ | zaro | offspring its | H2233 → | 229 times |
| וְאֶחָ֥יו | veechav | and relatives its | H251 → | 630 times |
| וּשְׁכֵנָ֖יו | ushekhenav | and neighbors its | H7934 → | 20 times |
| וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ | veeinenu | and there not [will be] it | H369 → | 789 times |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֞יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
חָשַׂ֣פְתִּיI will strip bare
chasaftiH2834 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֵשָׂ֗וEsau
ʾesavH6215 →
גִּלֵּ֙יתִי֙I will uncover
gileitiH1540 →186 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִסְתָּרָ֔יוhiding places its
mistaravH4565 →10 times
וְנֶחְבָּ֖הand it will hide itself
venechbahH2247 →
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יוּכָ֑לit will be able
yukhalH3201 →194 times
שֻׁדַּ֥דit will be devastated
shudadH7703 →57 times
זַרְע֛וֹoffspring its
zaroH2233 →229 times
וְאֶחָ֥יוand relatives its
veechavH251 →630 times
וּשְׁכֵנָ֖יוand neighbors its
ushekhenavH7934 →20 times
וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃and there not [will be] it
veeinenuH369 →789 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
Romans 9:13So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
it leads to
- Malachi 1:2–3
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
- Genesis 29:31
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 29:33
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
- Malachi 1:2–3
Through
Isaiah 17:14In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 19:35
And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the…
- Proverbs 22:23
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
- Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 10:28–32
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
- Jeremiah 13:25
This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
- 2 Kings 19:35
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Cyril of Alexandria, FRAGMENTS ON JEREMIAH IN CATENA; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.