King James Version
What Does Jeremiah 49:13 Mean?
“For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.”
Context
11
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
12
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
13
For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
14
I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
15
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(13) **Bozrah.**—This, as in Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 63:1, was one of the chief cities of Edom, probably identical with the modern *El-Busaireh, *half-way between Petra and the Dead Sea.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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