Jeremiah 49:22

“Behold, he shall come up, and fly as the eagle, etc.] The Targum is, “behold, as an eagle comes up and flies, so shall a king come up with his army;” the king of Babylon with his army, compared to an eagle for his swiftness and voraciousness, as before to a lion for his strength and fierceness: and spread his wings over Bozrah; besiege that city, invest it, and seize upon it; very fitly are the wings of an army expressed by the wings of this bird, denoting both their extent and force; the same is said concerning Moab, (<244840>Jeremiah 48:40); and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Moab be as the heart of a woman in her pangs; when just ready to be delivered; not only weak and…”

“(Compare Jer 48:40-41). Bozrah--(See on Jer 48:24).”

“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…”

“49:22 The eagle, a common bird in the rugged mountains of Edom, is a metaphor for the rapid penetration of the region by the Babylonians.”

“he shall: Jer 4:13, Jer 48:40, Jer 48:41; Deu 28:49; Dan 7:4; Hos 8:1 Bozrah: Jer 49:13 the heart of the: Jer 49:24, Jer 4:31, Jer 6:24, Jer 13:21, Jer 22:23, Jer 30:6, Jer 48:41; Psa 18:5; Isa 13:8, Isa 21:3; Isa 26:17; Th1 5:3 Jeremiah 49:23”