Jeremiah 49:15
New International Version
“Now I will make you small among the nations, despised by mankind.

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

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

Berean Standard Bible
“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.

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

New King James Version
“For indeed, I will make you small among nations, Despised among men.

New American Standard Bible
“For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among people.

NASB 1995
“For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.

NASB 1977
“For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.

Legacy Standard Bible
“For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.

Amplified Bible
“For behold, [Edom] I have made you small among the nations And despised among men.

Christian Standard Bible
I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations, despised among humanity.

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because, behold, I have given you as a little one among the Gentiles, and despised among the children of man

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I have made thee small among the nations, utterly contemptible among men.

Contemporary English Version
Your nation will be small, yet hated by other nations.

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

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

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

Good News Translation
The LORD is going to make you weak, and no one will respect you.

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

JPS Tanakh 1917
For, behold, I make thee small among the nations, And despised among men.

Literal Standard Version
For behold, I have made you little among nations, | Despised among men.

Majority Standard Bible
“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.

New American Bible
I will make you the least among the nations, despised by all people!

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

New Revised Standard Version
For I will make you least among the nations, despised by humankind.

New Heart English Bible
"For, look, I have made you 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.

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Context
The Judgment on Edom
14I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!” 15“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men. 16The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 49:14
I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: "Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!"

Jeremiah 49:16
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

For, see, I will make you small among the heathen, and despised among men.

1 Samuel 2:7,8,30
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up…

Psalm 53:5
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.

Obadiah 1:2
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

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Jeremiah 49
1. The judgment of the Ammonites
6. Their restoration
7. The judgment of Edom
23. of Damascus
28. of Kedar
30. of Hazor
34. and of Elam
39. The restoration of Elam














(15) Among the heathen.--Better here, as no marked contrast with Israel is intended, among the nations.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

behold,
הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

I will make you
נְתַתִּ֖יךָ (nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

small
קָטֹ֛ן (qā·ṭōn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant

among the nations,
בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם (bag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

despised
בָּז֖וּי (bā·zui)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 959: To disesteem

among men.
בָּאָדָֽם׃ (bā·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being


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