Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Jeremiah 49

^{1 !} The worde of the Lord against the Ammonites.

^{1 c} Meaning, of the Israelites.

^{1 a} They were separated from the Moabites by the riuer Anon, & after that the ten tribes were caryed away into captiuitie, they inuaded the countrey of Gad.

^{1 b} To wit, of the Ammonites.

^{2 d} Which was one of the chief cities of the Ammonites, as were Heshbon and Ai there was also a citie called Hesbon among the Moabites.

^{4 e} In thy plentiful countrei.

^{5 f} Signifying that power and riches can not preuaile when as God wil execute his judgements.

^{5 g} That is, without loking backe and as euerie one can finde away to escape.

^{6 h} In the time of Christ when the Gentiles shal be called.

^{7 !} Idumea

^{7 i} Which was a citie of Edom called by the name of Teman Eliphaz sonne who came of Esau.

^{8 k} The enemies that shal dissemble as thogh thei fled away shal turne backe, & inuade your land, and possesse it.

^{9 l} Meaning that God wolde vtterly destroy them, and not spare one, thogh the grape gatherers leaue some grapes, & theues seke but til they haue ynough, {Obad. 1, 5}.

^{11 m} The destruction shalbe so great, that there shalbe none left to take care ouer the widdowes, fatherles.

^{12 n} I haue not spared mine owne people, how shulde I pitie thee?

^{13 o} Which was a chief citie of Edom.

^{14 p} That is, Bozzah.

^{16 /} Or, idoles.

^{19 s} The captaine and gouernour of the armie, meaning, Nebucahd-nezzar.

^{19 q} To wit, Nebuchad-nezzar after he hathe ouercome Judah, which is ment by the swelling of Jorden, shal come against mount Seir & Edom.

^{19 r} That is, the Israelites, whome the Edomites kept as prisoners to haste away from thence.

^{20 t} They shal not be able to resist his petit captaines.

^{20 u} To wit, the enemie.

^{22 x} As {Chap. 48, 40} was said of Moab.

^{23 !} Damascus,

^{23 y} Which was the chief citie of Syria, whereby he meaneth the whole countrey.

^{24 z} When she heard the sudden coming of the enemie.

^{25 a} He speaketh this in the persone of the King and of them of the countrey who shal wonder to se Damascus the chief citie destroyed.

^{27 b} Who was King of Syria, {1 King. 20, 26}, and had buylt these palaces, which were stil called the palaces of Benhadad.

^{28 !} Kedar,

^{28 c} Meaning the Arabians, and their borderers.

^{29 d} Because thei vsed to dwell in tentes, he nameth the things that perteine thereunto.

^{30 e} The enemies wil dwell in your places.

^{31 f} He sheweth that they of Hazor wil flee to the Arabians for succour, but that shal not auaile them.

^{34 g} That is, Persia, so called of Elam the sonne of Shem.

^{34 !} & Elam.

^{35 h} Because the Persians were good archers, he sheweth that the thing wherein they put their trust, shulde not profite them.

^{38 k} This may be referred to the empire of the Persians and Medes after the Caldeans, or vnto the time of Christ, as {Chap. 48, 47}

^{38 i} I wil place Nebuchad-nezzar there, and in these prophecies Jeremiah speaketh of those countreies, which shulde be subdued vnder the first of those four monarchies whereof Daniel maketh mencion.