Jeremiah 49:10

But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks through the prophet to deliver an oracle against Edom, targeting the nation descended from Esau amid the broader judgment of surrounding kingdoms.

The words — חָשַׂפְתִּי (chaśaftî) means "I will strip bare," and גִלֵּיתִי (gîlêtî) means "I will uncover," both describing Yahweh’s active removal of concealment. These verbs frame the judgment as a forced exposure rather than a hidden process.

The thread — The total destruction of Esau’s lineage reappears in Malachi 1:3, where Yahweh declares He left his inheritance to desert jackals, and aligns with the sudden, unrelenting ruin described in Isaiah 17:14.

Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment operates without evasion, permanently terminating hostile lineages and leaving no refuge.

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The Hebrew words

כִּֽי־ki-for אֲנִ֞י'a.NiI חָשַׂ֣פְתִּיcha.Saf.tiI will strip bare אֶת־'et-<obj.>עֵשָׂ֗ו'e.SavEsau גִּלֵּ֙יתִי֙gi.Lei.tiI will uncover אֶת־'et-<obj.>מִסְתָּרָ֔יוmis.ta.Ra/vhiding places/ its וְנֶחְבָּ֖הve./nech.Bahand/ it will hide itself לֹ֣אlo'not יוּכָ֑לyu.Khalit will be able שֻׁדַּ֥דshu.Dadit will be devastated זַרְע֛וֹzar.'/Ooffspring/ its וְאֶחָ֥יוve./'e.Cha/vand/ relatives/ its וּשְׁכֵנָ֖יוu./she.khe.Na/vand/ neighbors/ its וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ve./'ei.Ne./nuand/ there not [will be]/ it

King James Version

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 neighbours, and he is not.

Cross-references

Isaiah 17:14 In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
Malachi 1:3 but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
Psalms 37:28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalms 37:35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Isaiah 14:20 You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
Isaiah 45:3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
Jeremiah 23:24 “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
Amos 9:3 Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
Obadiah 1:9 Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.
Romans 9:13 So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”