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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-6

The Ammonites were next, both in kindred and neighbourhood, to the Moabites, and therefore are next set to the bar. Their country joined to that of the two tribes and a half, on the other side Jordan, and was but a bad neighbour; however, being a neighbour, they shall have a share in these circular predictions. 1. An action is here brought, in God's name, against the Ammonites, for an illegal encroachment upon the rightful possessions of the tribe of Gad, that lay next them, Jer. 49:1. A writ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:2

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord ,.... Or, "are coming" F25 באים "sunt venientes", Montanus, Schmidt. ; as they did, in a very little time after this prophecy: that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites ; the metropolis of the Ammonites; it was their royal city in the times of David, 1 Kings 11:1 ; called by Polybius F26 Hist. l. 5. p. 414. Rabbahamana; and by Ptolemy F1 Geograph. l. 5. c. 15. Philadelphia, which name it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:3

Howl, O Heshbon ,.... Which was a city of Moab, though it formerly belonged to the Amorites; see Jeremiah 48:2 ; it was upon the border of Ammon, and near to Ai, now destroyed; and therefore is called upon to howl and lament, because its destruction also was near at hand, and might be expected; hence Kimchi gathers, that the Ammonites were destroyed before the Moabites: but some have thought that Heshbon was a double city, divided by a river, which ran through it; and that that city which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:4

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys ,.... Of which there were many in the country of Ammon, fruitful and well watered, which were situated by the rivers of Arnon and Jabbok, the borders of this country, and in which was the plain of the vineyards; see Judges 11:13 ; and indeed the whole country was a vale. For, as Josephus F3 Ibid. (Antiqu.) l. 1. c. 11. sect. 5. says, the country both of the Moabites and Ammonites were in the valley of Syria, or Coelesyria; that is, hollow Syria,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:5

Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts ,.... The terrible army of the Chaldeans, which should strike them with a panic; who thought themselves so secure in their fortresses, trusting in their riches: from all those that be about thee ; meaning either from the Chaldeans, and the neighbouring nations, that should join and surround the Ammonites on all sides; or from all the borders of Ammon round about, where they should come; they would be a "magormissabib", "a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:6

And afterwards I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord. Perhaps by Cyrus; for, in the times of Judas Maccabeus, the children of Ammon were again a large and mighty people, "Afterward he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people, with Timotheus their captain.' (1 Maccabees 5:6) Justin Martyr F6 Dialog. cum Tryphone Judaeo, p. 347. says, that in his time there was a large multitude of Ammonites; but Origen ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:3

Run to and fro by the hedges - It is supposed that this may refer to the women making lamentations for the dead, that were in general buried by the walls of their gardens; but others think that it refers to the smaller cities or villages, called here the daughters of Rabbah, the metropolis; the inhabitants of which are exhorted to seek safety somewhere else, as none can be expected from them, now that the enemy is at hand. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:4

Wherefore gloriest thou - Though thy valleys be fruitful, yet glory not in them. Though thou have much political and military power, do not trust in them, nor in the multitude of thy cities; a stronger than thou is coming against thee. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:6

Afterward I will bring again - The Ammonites are supposed to have returned with the Moabites and Israelites, on permission given by the edict of Cyrus. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:2

Verse 2 God testifies here plainly that he would not suffer the Ammonites for ever to enjoy their unjust plunder. He says that the days would come, in order to sustain with hope the minds of his children: for the Prophet announced his prediction at a time when the Ammonites were in a state of security; and then, some years elapsed while that people enjoyed their spoils. He therefore holds here the minds of the faithful in suspense, that they might learn patiently to wait until the fixed time of... read more

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