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Jeremiah 49:20

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 49:20

Verse 20 of 39

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Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

Jeremiah 49:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 49:20

Theological / Devotional

Teman. See on v. 7.

Draw them out. The clause reads literally, “they shall drag them away, the little ones of the flock.” The rabbis understood this to mean that “the little ones of the flock shall drag them away,” and cited the later conquest of the Westland by the Persians, who in Jeremiah’s time were a very insignificant people. However, a more probable interpretation regards the phrase “little ones” as the object of the verb, and translates the passage, “Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away.” The reference is then to the complete captivity to come upon the people of Edom. Such a translation forms a better parallel with the final clause of the verse.

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