King James Version
Jeremiah 25:21 in the King James Version says “Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,”
Jeremiah 25:21 · KJV
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, isles: or, region by the sea side
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, that: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of the hair polled
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“Edom”
H123edom, the elder twin-brother of jacob; hence the region (idumaea) occupied by him
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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