Jeremiah 49:7-22
“Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock... Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished... As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah... no man shall abide there.”
King James Version
Jeremiah's oracle against Edom in its rock fortress — pride humbled, the land made a perpetual desolation like Sodom.
Fulfillment References
Obadiah 1:1-21 Ezekiel 35:1-15 Malachi 1:2-4 Isaiah 34:5-15
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe pride that says 'who shall bring me down' is humbled by the one God who exalts the lowly and abases the proud.
JewishJudgment on Edom (Esau), Israel's ancestral rival, for violence against Jacob; in later tradition 'Edom' becomes a cipher for hostile world power.
CatholicThe humbling of the proud nation in its mountain stronghold — a lesson on the fall of those who trust their own security.
ProtestantA fulfilled prophecy: Edom was overrun and its people eventually vanished from history as a distinct nation.
OrthodoxDivine judgment on pride and fraternal violence, fulfilled in Edom's disappearance.
DispensationalFulfilled history; Edom's permanent desolation contrasts with Israel's preservation.
AcademicScholars note the close parallels with Obadiah, the Nabatean displacement of Edom, and the eventual loss of Edomite identity (absorbed after the Roman period) as broadly fulfilling the desolation oracles.
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