耶利米書 49:3-6 CUNPTS

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 49:3

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 49:3

Verse 3 The Prophet now triumphs, as it were, over the land of Ammon, and, according to his accustomed manner, as we have before seen; for had the prophets spoken without metaphors, and simply narrated the things treated of by them, their words would have been frigid and inefficient, and would not have penetrated into the hearts of men. This, then, is the reason why the prophets adopted an elevated style, and adorned with grandeur their prophecies; for they never, like rhetoricians, affected... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:4

Verse 4 As the minds of men continually vacillate, because they do not sufficiently consider the infinite power of God, the Prophet, that he might remove all obstacles which might have rendered his prophecy doubtful, now declares that the Ammonites gloried in vain in their valleys. Some understand by valleys a fertile land, well watered. But the Prophet, as I think, refers rather to fortified places. He then says, that they in vain gloried in their deep valleys; as they were surrounded with... read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:4

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