Jer 49:7, Obd 8 | 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].

Obadiah 8

8. (Isa 49:7; compare Job 5:12, 13; Isa 19:3; Jer 19:7).

in that day . . . even destroy—Heretofore Edom, through its intercourse with Babylon and Egypt, and from its means of information through the many caravans passing to and fro between Europe and India, has been famed for knowledge; but in that day at last ("even") I will destroy its wise men.

mount of Esau—that is, Idumea, which was a mountainous region.