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The prophetic word then turns to the sons of Ammon, and the Lord of all speaks to them. Jer.49:1. Food is not the essence in Israel, “or will they have no heir”? “Why did Melchom accept the inheritance” of Gilead? And their “people” live “in his cities”? Ten tribes ruled the country of Gilead. Therefore, when they were taken captive, the Ammonites took possession of Gilead. To them God says: Have you despised My people, or Me? For God called Himself an Heir in the sense that He should take Him under His guardianship. And Melchom was the idol of the children of Ammon. Do you really think, says God, that the non-existent will overcome Me, the Eternally Existing One? Jer.49:2. For this reason, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, and I will announce to “Rabbath of the sons of Ammonich, the sound of war. Rawaf" was an Arabian city; “I will announce” means: I will make it audible. “And it will be a period of impassability and destruction, and its strongholds will be burned with fire, and Israel will receive its power, says the Lord.” And he continues to predict what will happen to the Ammonites. Jer.49:3. He cried out to Heshbon for perishing your strength: “cry out, daughters of Rabbath, gird yourself with sackcloth, weep, and run through your visors, for Melchom will be taken into captivity, the priests and his princes together.” He also showed the powerlessness of idols, because they, along with those who worship them, were taken captive. Jer.49:4. Why do you boast in your pleasures? Enakim? “Drain away your abundance, cold-free daughter.” He denounces her shamelessness and courage because of her wealth. This can be seen in the following words: “She who trusts in her riches, saying: Who will come against me?” since she paid attention to the visible, and did not know the invisible God, she teaches who is the one who punishes. Jer.49:5. Behold, I will bring fear to you, speech “Lord” of forces, “from all those who are around you.” People will come running from everywhere to tell you about the enemy army. “And every one will be scattered” before him, and “he will not gather together those who flee.” You will not all flee together, but you will be scattered by excessive fear. The Prophet also predicts their return, so that the Jews do not think highly of themselves, as if they alone were given the opportunity to return. He also predicts sad events for Idumea. And since the Edomites exalted themselves in wisdom; then he says that they will be deprived of it. Jer.49:7. Food is wisdom in Feman? Take advice from wise people. Teman was a city, and Eliphaz reigned in it; it is said: “Eliphaz the king of Teman” (Job 2:11). Jer.49:8. The place has been trampled him, “descend into the abyss to grayness, you who live in Dedan: as you have done cruelly. And I visited Nan at the right time, when we visited him.” Dedan is another city. God advises them to hide underground; for this is what the words mean: “descend into the abyss and become gray.” And He reveals that He Himself imposes punishment on them, although in the previous time He showed them long-suffering. Jer.49:9. As those who drink wine come to you, they will not leave you any remains. He calls his enemies grape grabbers, about whom he says that they will plunder and plunder everything. It also notifies about the time of the invasion. “Like death in the night, they will lay on their hands.” (Jer.49:10). “For having exposed Esau, having revealed their secrets, they cannot hide themselves.” Idumea is surrounded by large and high mountains; therefore, having dug caves in them, the Edomites fled into them during the invasion of the hostiles. But their hopes were deceived; because even there they were betrayed by the God of all. His seed was “perished” by “the hand of his brother and neighbor.” He did not respect, says the Prophet, either kinship or neighborhood; because Jacob and Esau were brothers, and their places of residence were adjacent; no one else separated them from each other. the merciful hedgehog “may your orphans remain, that they may live: I will make them live.” Because of your great wickedness, says God, everyone is hostile to you; Can I, the righteous Judge, become your helper? “And your widows” “trusted in Me.” And this was said reproachfully, as can be seen from what follows. Jeremiah 49:12. Thus says the Lord: Behold, he who had no law to drink the cup, They drank: “And you, the innocent one, will not be innocent?” My law punishes those who live wickedly. And the Prophets and priests, Daniel, Ezekiel, and pious men, Ananias, Azariah, Misail, and probably many others mentioned in history were taken to Babylon. Therefore, says God, they were not subject to punishment for their virtue, but became captives; and do you hope to escape punishment? But your hope will not be fulfilled. "Piya ispiyeshi". (Jer.49:13). “For you have sworn, says the Lord, to destruction, and to reproach, and to an impassable wilderness, and to a curse you will be: Bozor is in the midst of the part of it, and all its cities will be an everlasting wilderness.” By Bozhar he means not Bostra in the land of Israel, but another city located in Idumea. (Jer.49:14). “I heard a rumor from the Lord and from the messengers in the tongues of the messenger: Gather yourselves together and go against him, and rise up in the army” against him. It is said: “ambassadors into the tongues of the ambassador,” instead of: commanded; It is likely that the Angels, serving God’s command, stir up enemies; because the divine David also says: “He sent upon her the wrath of his wrath, wrath and wrath and sorrow, the sending of fierce angels” (Ps. 77:49). He calls them “fierce,” not because they are evil by nature, but because they were sent for punishment. For we are accustomed to calling imposed disasters evil. So the Angel killed the firstborn of Egypt, so other Angels were sent against Israel when David made a transfer to the people. Many other similar testimonies can be found in the Divine Scriptures. Jeremiah 49:15. Behold, you are small among the people, you are reviled among the people. The Edomites are a little-known people, and we would not know them at all if the Divine Scripture had not provided information about them; and it makes them known not to everyone, but only to attentive readers. gave you this, and “the coldness of your heart.” He blames this on idolatry, luxury and lasciviousness. "Dwells in stone crevices". We have already said before what kind of shelters they had. “Steal the fortress” of a high hill. Refers to mountain peaks; and the mountains were very large and high. “When you have lifted up your nest like an eagle, then I will overthrow you, says the Lord.” (Jer.49:17). “And Idumea will be” into the impassable desert. He says that those passing by Idumea will marvel and whistle to express the excessiveness of desolation, and that, like Sodom and Gomorrah and other cities that suffered along with them, those cities about which the Prophet predicted will also become empty. And this word is not false; because Dedan, and Teman, and Bozor are in complete desolation. God also says that the king of Babylon, like a lion, will rush to Idumea, and his path will be through the Jordan. He commands selected warriors to arm themselves against her, and adds: Jeremiah 49:19. Who is like Me? And who will oppose Mi? And who is this shepherd who will resist My face? Neither kings nor their idols can resist when I command. Jer.49:20. For this reason, you hear the advice of the Lord, His counsel is on I think, and “his plan is even his plan against those who live in Teman.” Then the Prophet says that their sheep will be few in number, and the country will be impassable, and the echo of their cry will be heard to the Red Sea, that the king of Babylon will attack like an eagle and take possession of the strongholds, and fear and painful sorrow will attack the Edomites, so that their heart will be like the heart of a woman giving birth. Having thus concluded a prophecy about Idumea, the Prophet turns his word to Damascus and says: Jer.49:23. Hamath and Arphath were put to shame, because they heard evil rumors. Hamathom, as we said before, he calls Emes; but there is another Hamath, the present Epiphany. Arfaf, others say, is what is now called Rephanei. “Terrified at sea, indignant, they cannot rest. “Sea” the Prophet called the large number of troops; showed the first desire of the inhabitants of Damascus; for he said about them: “I was indignant.” He denounces the fear that followed. Jeremiah 49:24. Damascus was dissolved, turned to flee, trembling was embraced and illness took possession of it as if it were giving birth.” It also reveals the cause of the disaster. Jeremiah 49:25. Don't leave Kako My cities? have you loved all of me? You have undertaken, says God, to take My cities and villages. And He calls the cities and villages of Israel His cities and villages. The inhabitants of Damascus were always hostile against them. Jer.49:26. For this reason the young men will fall on your hillocks, and all the men of hosts will fall in that day, says the Lord of hosts. (Jer.49:27). “And I will kindle a fire on the wall of Damascus, and it will burn up the walls of the son of Ader. Son of Ader" is a proper name, in the Syriac language Varadad; this was the name of the king of Damascus, who, as the prophecy shows, decorated Damascus with magnificent buildings. The Prophet threatens them with burning. He also predicts that the Ishmaelites, now called the Saracens, will face disaster. Jeremiah 49:28. To Kedar, the queen of the court, who was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, so speech “Lord. Kidar" was one of the sons of Ishmael, and this is revealed by the book of peace (Gen. 25:13). During the time of the Prophet, probably, the tribe of Kidarovo prevailed over other tribes; why the Prophet calls her queen. “Court” refers to the entire Saracen camp; because they, like a wandering people, lived in booths. The command is given to take up arms against them, to plunder sheep and camels, and to plunder tabernacles. And Kedem 27 was also the son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:15); his tribe is ordered to hide underground; for this is what the words mean (Jer. 49:30): “Sit in the abysses” to avoid the attack of enemies. Jer.49:31. Arise and go to the people who are at peace, living in coolness, says the Lord: whoever has a door lower than a gate, only one dwells. Victory is not difficult for you, says God; no attack, no siege, no long time is needed; it is very easy to take them and master them. He shows that He Himself inflicts this punishment. Jeremiah 49:32. And I will scatter with all the wind the shorn according to their face, “and from all those around them I will bring destruction upon me,” that is, they will take flight, rushing in all directions, and some will settle in the east, while others will set up tabernacles in the west. Jer.49:33. And there will be a courtyard in the dwelling strufs, “and even if the husband does not live there for a century, the son of the earth-born will live in him below.” And events confirm these words; because those who lived there, leaving the complete desert, are approaching inhabited and fortified places. The prophet also foretells what will happen to Elam; also informs about the time of prophecy. For he said that it happened shortly after the accession of Zedekiah. (Jer.49:35). This “says the Lord” of the forces: “Behold, I will break the bow of Elaml, the beginning of their strength.” The city of Elam is located at the end of the Red Sea. In ancient times there was a famous market here, and now those sailing to the Indus begin their voyage from here. Jer.49:36. And I will bring upon Elam four winds from the four countries of the heavens. “And there will be no tongue” that will not come there. The Babylonian king, having captured Egypt, attacked Elam on his way back; Initially, his army was gathered from the northern and eastern countries, and then the islanders living in the west came to him in large numbers; and he also annexed the Egyptians, Libyans, and Ethiopians, who inhabited the southern countries. This was foretold by the prophetic word. Jeremiah 49:37. And I will terrify them before their enemies who seek their lives, and I will bring upon her the wrath of My fury, says the Lord: and “I will send My sword after them, until I will wipe them out.” The Babylonian again called his sword; because through them he punished this people too. Jeremiah 49:38. And I will establish My throne in Elam, and from there I will bring forth kings and princes, says the Lord. The words: “I will set up My throne” mean: there I will judge and pronounce judgment, using enemies as executioners. But even now he has a throne there; because this city also turned to piety; why, in this sense, it prophesies truly. Jeremiah 49:39. And it will come to pass in the last days, I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says the Lord. I think that in this and in other prophecies that announced the return from captivity, the good Master promised liberation, not only from the sensory, but also from spiritual captivity; because He takes greater care of souls; For this purpose he also imposes corporal punishment. Therefore, here he predicts the overthrow of the devil, the cessation of wickedness, and the liberation of people who have become captives of sin. Having been worthy of this liberation, let us glorify its Giver, we will love a free life, we will abhor our former slavery, so that we can boldly present ourselves to the Sovereign Throne, by the grace and love of the righteous Judge. With Him befits the Father with the All-Holy Spirit glory and splendor, now and always, and unto ages of ages! Amen. According to the Slavic translation, instead of: sons of Kedem, it reads: sons of the east.