1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Jeremiah 27:3 And thou shalt send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon: by the hand of the messengers that are come to Jerusalem, to Sedecias, the king of Juda.

Edom. Thus he exercises the function of prophet among the nations, Jeremias 1:5. These had come to compliment Sedecias, or rather to form a league.