Jeremiah 49:6 NIV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 49:1-6

D. The oracle against Ammon 49:1-6The Ammonites lived north of the Moabites, north of the Arnon River for most of their history, and east of the tribal territories of Gad and Reuben. However, the Ammonites had taken over some Israelite territory in Transjordan, and their borders to the north and south also changed from time to time. Ammon extended north to the Jabbok River and east to the Arabian Desert. The Ammonites, like the Moabites, descended from Lot, Abraham’s nephew, and Israel’s... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 49:6

Later, however, Yahweh would restore the fortunes of the Ammonites. This occurred briefly after the Exile. Tobiah was a Persian governor of Ammon during the postexilic period (cf. Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:7). But restoration of this region will also take place in the Millennium (cf. Jeremiah 46:26-28; Jeremiah 48:47).Nebuchadnezzar brought the Ammonites under his authority when he advanced into Palestine in 605 B.C. After that, Ammon proved disloyal to Babylon in 594 B.C.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:1-39

Against Ammon, Edom, and other Nations1-6. The territory of Ammon was N. of Moab, and the two peoples were connected by descent. The carrying away of the tribes on the E. of Jordan by Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria (2 Kings 15:29), strengthened the hands of Ammon, and it is their occupation of the portion of Gad upon that occasion that forms the crime which is dwelt on in this prophecy, and which shall bring on them judgment.1. Their king] RV ’Malcam,’or Moloch, the god of the Ammonites, and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 49:5-6

(5, 6) I will bring a fear upon thee . . .—As in the case of Moab, there is the doom of exile for Ammon also, but the sentence of punishment is tempered with mercy, and there is to be a return from the seemingly hopeless captivity. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-6

CHAPTER XXAMMONJeremiah 49:1-6"Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth Moloch possess Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof?"- Jeremiah 49:1THE relations of Israel with Ammon were similar but less intimate than they were with his twin brother Moab. Hence this prophecy is, mutatis mutandis, an abridgment of that concerning Moab. As Moab was charged with magnifying himself against Jehovah, and was found to be occupying cities which Reuben claimed as its inheritance, so Ammon... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 49:1-39

CHAPTER 49 Concerning Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, and Elam 1. Concerning the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:1-6 ) 2. Concerning Edom (Jeremiah 49:7-22 ) 3. Concerning Damascus (Jeremiah 49:23-27 ) 4. Concerning Kedar and Hazor (Jeremiah 49:28-33 ) 5. Against Elam (Jeremiah 49:34-39 ) Ammon was the younger brother of Moab, and, like the Moabites, the Ammonites were a wicked people, though they had no cities like Moab, but were restless wanderers; they were also the enemies of Israel. The... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 49:6

49:6 And {h} afterward I will bring again the captives of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.(h) In the time of Christ, when the Gentiles will be called. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-6

The Chapter opens in a beautiful and striking manner, for the Lord himself, Israel's lawful Sovereign, demands, as in a court of justice, how, or wherefore it is, that the land he gave, (and as Lord and proprietor of the whole earth he had a right to give,) to Israel, is now possessed by the children of Ammon? What! saith the Lord, is it so, that Israel is childless, whose posterity God promised should be as the sand of the sea for multitude? That is impossible. And will any nation then dare to... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 49:1-6

Against Ammon v. 1. Concerning the Ammonites, literally, "Against the children of Ammon," thus saith the Lord, Hath Israel no sons? Hath he no heir? someone who may legitimately take possession of the land which was now left vacant, since Israel had been led away into exile. Why, then, doth their king, the ruler of the Ammonites, inherit Gad, the territory of this tribe, east of the Jordan, and his people dwell in his cities? "Judah was by right of kindred the heir, not Ammon; but Ammon... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 49:1-39

6. Prophecy against the AmmonitesJeremiah 49:1-6The Ammonites also, the brother nation of the Moabites, (Genesis 19:37) after centuries of various conflict (comp. Judges 3:13; Judges 10:7 sqq.; Judges 11:32; 1 Samuel 11:0; 2 Samuel 10:11; 2 Samuel 12:26; 2 Chronicles 20:0; 2 Chronicles 26:8; 2 Chronicles 27:5) in consequence of the deportation of the East-Jordanic tribes have appropriated a part of their territory. This fact forms the point of departure for the present prophecy. Older... read more