11 'Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.' "
11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
11 Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me."
11 'I'll take care of your orphans. Your widows can depend on me.'"
11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; And let your widows trust in Me."
11 But I will protect the orphans who remain among you. Your widows, too, can depend on me for help."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 49:11
Commentary on Jeremiah 49:7-22
(Read Jeremiah 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.