15For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
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Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. …
Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-22)The Edomites come next to receive their doom from God, by the mouth of Jeremiah: they also were old enemies to the Israel of God; but their day will come to be reckoned with, and it is now at hand, and is foretold, not only for warning to them, but for comfort to the Israel of God, whose afflictions were very much aggravated by their triumphs over them and joy in their calamity, Ps. 137:7. Many of…
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