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Flee you, turn back, dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I shall visit him.
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A Desperate Escape
The command to "flee, turn back, dwell in the depths" illustrates the sheer terror and inescapability of God's coming judgment. Commentators explain this as a desperate call for the people of Dedan, associated with Edom, to retreat far into the desert or hide in deep caves, showing that no normal defense would be sufficient.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian deserts, and held the same rel…
19th Century
Anglican
O inhabitants of Dedan. —See Note on Jeremiah 25:23. In Ezekiel 25:13 Dedan appears, as here, in company with Edom and Te…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet shows here how great the pride of that nation was, and sets it, as it were, before their eyes. Flee, he says. The language is …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan Another city in Idumea; though some take it to be a country i…
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 Is…
