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Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD of Hosts speaks a judgment oracle concerning Edom, positioned between promises of Ammon's restoration and warnings to the dwellers of Dedan.
The words — The phrase הַ/אֵ֥ין (ha./'Ein) ע֛וֹד (od) literally renders "is there not still," framing the rhetorical question about the endurance of wisdom.
The thread — This oracle aligns with Amos 1:11's declaration of irrevocable judgment against Edom and echoes Genesis 36:15's identification of Teman as a key lineage of Esau's descendants.
Why it lands — The text demands a sober assessment of whether human counsel and prudence can withstand divine judgment when a nation's foundational wisdom fails.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Cross-references
- Amos 1:11 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
- Genesis 25:30 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
- Genesis 36:15 These are the chiefs among the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
- Jeremiah 25:21 Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
- Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
- Ezekiel 25:12 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
- Genesis 36:11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
- Job 2:11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
- Genesis 27:41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
- Genesis 36:8 So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.