Jeremiah 49:2

Jeremiah 49:2

Judgment on Ammon

1 Against the ^aAmmonites. Thus says the Lord:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then does¹ Milcom inherit ^bGad,
And his people dwell in its cities?

2 ^aTherefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war
In ^bRabbah of the Ammonites;
It shall be a desolate mound,
And her¹ villages shall be burned with fire.
Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance,” says the Lord.

3 “Wail, O ^aHeshbon, for¹ Ai is plundered!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah,
^bGird yourselves with sackcloth!
Lament and run to and fro by the walls;
For Milcom shall go into captivity
With his ^cpriests and his princes together.

4 Why ^ado you boast in the valleys,
¹Your flowing valley, O ^bbacksliding daughter?
Who trusted in her ^ctreasures, ^dsaying,
‘Who will come against me?’

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Rabbah—"the great," metropolis of Ammon (II Samuel 12:26-30). Its destruction is foretold also in Ezekiel 25:5; Amos 1:14-15.

her daughters—the towns and villages, dependencies of the metropolis (Joshua 15:45).

shall . . . be heir—shall possess those who possessed him. The full accomplishment of this is still future; partially fulfilled under the Maccabees (1 Maccabees 5:6).

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