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Jeremiah 49:8

Jeremiah 49:8
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan,.... Another city in Idumea; though some take it to be a country…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Jeremiah 49:7-22

Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 49:7-22

The Edomites come next to receive their doom from God, by the mouth of Jeremiah: they also were old enemies to the…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan See on ch. Jer 25:23. They are bidden to seek an inaccessible hiding-place.