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Jeremiah 49 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 49, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Jeremiah 49 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
נְאֻם nᵉʼum H5002 12 oracle
עֵילָם ʻÊylâm H5867 7 Elam
יָשַׁב yâshab H3427 9 sit, dwell
שָׁתָה shâthâh H8354 5 imbibe
אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm H123 4 Edom
חָצוֹר Châtsôwr H2674 3 Chatsor
יָרַשׁ yârash H3423 4 occupy, driving

How preachers through history handled this text

41 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 49, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 38 Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“10. But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbour's, and he is not. 10. Quia ego discooperio Esau, retego abscondita ejus, et occultari non poterit; vastatum est semen ejus (aut, vastabitur) et fratres ejus, et vicini, et non ipse (quanquam alii vertunt, et nemo erit, et contexunt proximum versum,) 11. Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 11. Relinque pupillos tuos; …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 5, on Jeremiah 49:10–11 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Ammon — Jer 49:1
  • Edom — Jer 49:10
  • Bozrah 1 — Jer 49:13

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