Jer 49:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. 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 ); Jeremiah's about the same time as his preceding prophecies ( ). wisdom —for which the Arabs and the people of Teman (a city of Edom) in particular, were famed ( ; see Job, everywhere; ). vanished —literally, "poured out," that is, exhausted (compare , Margin ) [MAURER ]. Or, as the kindred Ethiopic word means, "worn out" [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU ].

Jeremiah 49:7

7. 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; Am 1:11); Jeremiah's about the same time as his preceding prophecies (Jer 49:12; Eze 25:12).

wisdom—for which the Arabs and the people of Teman (a city of Edom) in particular, were famed (Ge 36:15; 1Ki 4:30; see Job, everywhere; Ob 8).

vanished—literally, "poured out," that is, exhausted (compare Isa 19:3, Margin) [MAURER]. Or, as the kindred Ethiopic word means, "worn out" [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU].