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<p><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehighroadshow/2297S0816.mp3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Download</a></p> <!-- END 1015 Download Link --> <p>Jeremiah 49-50 We are in the Prophetic Stream reading from the Tree of Life Version this week. 7streamsmethod.com | @7StreamsMethod | @serenatravis | #7Streams | <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YPPA8XGTQ2YHU">Donate</a></p> <!--more--> <p>Commentary by Dr. Drake Travis</p> <blockquote> <div>Lord God, your ways are too intricate to be fully understood this side of meeting you face to face.  Still we press forward and study your ways in faith; knowing that you do all things well.</div> </blockquote> <p>49 - Jerusalem was/had been burned in Jer. 39. And the surrounding nations were not at all bothered by this. They were entertained and delighted even by what appeared to be the end of the Hebrew nation.  A notable portion of the remainder of Jeremiah's book (since Jerusalem fell) is that of punishment upon Jerusalem's enemies who had been gloating over her destruction. Egypt's punishments is told in Jer. 46, the Philistines in 47, Moab in 48.  In Jer. 49 we hear of Ammon being reduced to a mound of ruins; <em>burning</em> ruins at that.  Ezekiel 25 tells the same for Ammon.   Next Edom also will be punished since they delighted in Jerusalem's destruction as well.  They will be stripped bare; a land laid to waste, utterly conquered, offspring destroyed. Edom will be a disgrace, and accursed for it. Edom will cry for help but be swept away. The prophet Obadiah had his words for Edom as well.  Syria and Damascus (next in the litany) are too feeble, decrepit and demoralized to put up a fight anymore.  They wither and fall as their capital is easily lit on fire and conquered. They <u>were</u> 'big stuff' 150 years prior. Not now.   Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor are listed next. These people are those who have scattered across Arabia and dwell among themselves in tents.  We might today refer to people like these as a collec