Jeremiah 49:14

“I have heard a rumour from the Lord, etc.] “A hearing”f925; or a report concerning the destruction of Edom, made to him in a dream or vision, by the spirit of God, as a spirit of prophecy: and an ambassador is sent to the Heathen; or a messenger; Jeremiah the prophet, as some; or an angel, as Kimchi suggests, sent to gather the nations to war against Bozrah; or a divine impulse, as others, with which the Chaldeans were impressed; which was as a voice to them, [saying], gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle; get your forces together, and come against Bozrah or Edom, to invade and subdue it; attack it in a military way, not doubting of victory; (see Obadiah 1:1).”

“(Oba 1:1-3). ambassador . . . unto the heathen--a messenger from God to stir up the Chaldeans against Edom.”

“Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian deserts, and held the same relation to Judah which Moab held toward the kingdom of Israel. Although expressly reserved from attack by Moses Deuteronomy 2:5, a long feud caused the Edomites to cherish so bitter an enmity against Judah, that they exulted with cruel joy over the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans, and showed great cruelty toward those why fled to them for refuge. Of the prophecies against Edom the first eight verses of Obadiah are also found in Jeremiah (see the marginal references). As Jeremiah wrote before the capture of Jerusalem, and Obadiah apparently…”

“An ambassador - He speaks after the manner of earthly princes, who use to send their ambassadors to other princes to declare their minds to them. God hath inclined them to come against Edom. Jeremiah 49:19”

“49:14 The ambassador might have been an angel sent by God (cp. 1 Kgs 22:20-22).”

“heard: Jer 51:46; Isa 37:7; Eze 7:25, Eze 7:26; Oba 1:1; Mat 24:6 an ambassador: Isa 18:2, Isa 18:3, Isa 30:4 Gather: Jer 50:9-16, Jer 51:11, Jer 51:27, Jer 51:28; Isa 13:2, Isa 13:3 Jeremiah 49:15”