25 Why has the city of renown not been abandoned, the town in which I delight?
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
25 How is the famous city not forsaken, the city of my joy?
25 And now how lonely - bereft, abandoned! The once famous city, the once happy city.
25 Why is the city of praise not deserted, the city of My joy?
25 That famous city, a city of joy, will be forsaken!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 49:25
Commentary on Jeremiah 49:23-27
(Read Jeremiah 49:23-27)
How easily God can dispirit those nations that have been most celebrated for valour! Damascus waxes feeble. It was a city of joy, having all the delights of the sons of men. But those deceive themselves who place their happiness in carnal joys.