17 Also Edom shall be desolate: everyone that goeth by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof,

18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and of Gomorrah, and the places thereof near about, saith the Lord: no man shall dwell there, neither shall the sons of men remain in it.

19 Behold, [a]he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the strong dwelling place: for I will make Israel to rest, even I will make [b]him to haste away from her, and who is a chosen man that I may appoint against her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is the [c]shepherd that will stand before me?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:19 To wit, Nebuchadnezzar after he hath overcome Judah, which is meant by the swelling of Jordan, shall come against mount Seir and Edom.
  2. Jeremiah 49:19 That is, the Israelites, whom the Edomites kept as prisoners, to haste away from thence.
  3. Jeremiah 49:19 The captain and governor of the army, meaning, Nebuchadnezzar.

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