Jeremiah 49:15
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New International Version (©2011)
"Now I will make you small among the nations, despised by mankind.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The LORD says to Edom, "I will cut you down to size among the nations. You will be despised by all.

English Standard Version (©2001)
For behold, I will make you small among the nations, despised among mankind.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Look, I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations, despised among humanity.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Indeed, I'll make you the least of the nations, despised among men.

NET Bible (©2006)
The LORD says to Edom, "I will certainly make you small among nations. I will make you despised by all humankind.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Edom, I will make you the smallest of nations and despised among humanity.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For, lo, I will make you small among the nations, and despised among men.

American King James Version
For, see, I will make you small among the heathen, and despised among men.

American Standard Version
For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For behold I have made thee a little one among the nations, despicable among men.

Darby Bible Translation
For behold, I have made thee small among the nations, despised among men.

English Revised Version
For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.

Webster's Bible Translation
For lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

World English Bible
For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.

Young's Literal Translation
For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

49:7-22 The Edomites were old enemies to the Israel of God. But their day is now at hand; it is foretold, not only to warn them, but for the sake of the Israel of God, whose afflictions were aggravated by them. Thus Divine judgments go round from nation to nation; the earth is full of commotion, and nothing can escape the ministers of Divine vengeance. The righteousness of God is to be observed amidst the violence of men.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For, lo, I will make thee small among the Heathen,.... Or, "I have given thee", or "made thee" (m); as if it respected what Edom was at first, a people few in number, and their country not large, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi, and after them Abarbinel: but it rather intends what Edom should be (n); and which was the reason of gathering the Chaldeans against them, to reduce their number, weaken their strength, and destroy their substance, and so make them a small, feeble, and contemptible people; as follows:

and despised among men: for the fewness of their men, the desolation of their country, the consumption of their wealth and riches, their poverty and meanness; see Obadiah 1:2.

(m) "posui", Munster; "reddidi", Piscator; "dedi", V. L. Cocceius, Schmidt. (n) Dabo, Pagninus, Montanus. So Ben Melech.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

15. David and Joab had already humbled Edom (2Sa 8:14).

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The Judgment on Edom
…14I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent to the heathen, saying, Gather you together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 15For, see, I will make you small among the heathen, and despised among men. 16Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, that hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, said the LORD. …

Jeremiah 49:14 I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy was sent to the nations to say, "Assemble yourselves to attack it! Rise up for battle!"
Jeremiah 49:16 The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks, who occupy the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle's, from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.