Jeremiah Chapter 49 verse 25 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 49:25

How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?
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BBE Jeremiah 49:25

How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy!
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DARBY Jeremiah 49:25

How is not the town of praise forsaken, the city of my joy!
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KJV Jeremiah 49:25

How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
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WBT Jeremiah 49:25


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WEB Jeremiah 49:25

How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?
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YLT Jeremiah 49:25

How is it not left -- the city of praise, The city of my joy!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - Hew is the city of praise not left, etc.! A difficult passage. The construction, indeed, is plain. "How is not," etc. I can only mean "How is it that the city of praise is not," etc.?(comp. 2 Samuel 1:14). The difficulty lies in the word rendered "left." The ordinary meaning of the verb, when applied to cities, is certainly "to leave without inhabitants;" e.g. Jeremiah 4:29; Isaiah 7:16; Isaiah 32:14. This, however, does not suit the context, which shows that "the daughter of Damascus" personified is the speaker, so that ver. 25 ought rather to mean, "How is it that the city of praise is [not, 'is not'] forsaken?" Either, then, we must suppose that "not" has been inserted by mistake - a too arbitrary step, seeing that there is no negative in the context to account for the insertion (the case is different, therefore, from Job 21:30; Job 27:15, where such an insertion is at any rate justifiable); or else we must give uzzebhah the sense of "let go free" (comp. Exodus 23:5; Deuteronomy 32:36; Job 10:1). It is the obstinate incredulity of love which refuses to admit the possibility of the destruction of the loved object. The city of praise. The city which is my "praise," or boast. Few cities, in fact, have had so long and brilliant an existence as Damascus.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) How is the city of praise not left . . . !--The exclamation, half scornful, half ironical, points to the fact that the inhabitants of Damascus had tried in vain to flee (Jeremiah 49:24). The city so fair and glorious, with its rivers Abana and Pharphar (2Kings 5:12), had not been "left," would not be empty when it was taken. The people would perish with it. Her young warriors and her veterans should be cut off within the walls.