The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:6
Revival of the Ammonites (see on Jeremiah 48:47 ). read more
耶利米書 49:2-6 Cunpts
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:2
Rabbah - i. e., the “great city.” See 2 Samuel 12:27 note for a distinction between Rabbah, the citadel, and the town itself, lying below upon the Jabbok.Daughters - i. e., unwalled villages (and in Jeremiah 49:3).Shall Israel be heir ... - i. e., “shall be victor over his victors;” compare Micah 1:15. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:3
Ai - Not the town on the west of the Jordan Joshua 7:2; a place not mentioned elsewhere. For Ai some read Ar.Hedges - Fields were not divided by hedges until recent times; the term probably means the walls which enclose the vineyards Numbers 22:24. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:4
Thy flowing valley - The (fertile) valley in which Rabbah was situated. The Septuagint again has: “in the valleys of the Anakim,” as in Jeremiah 47:5 (see the note). read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:5
Every man right forth - The Ammonites will live in terror of the tribes which rove in the neighborhood, and at the slightest alarm will flee straight away without resistance. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:6
In 1 Macc. 5:6, 7, the Ammonites appear again as a powerful nation. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 49:2
Jeremiah 49:2. Therefore I will cause the noise of war to be heard in Rabbah, &c. The principal city of that country. Her daughters shall be burned with fire That is, the lesser cities, which are reckoned so many daughters to the mother city. Then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs Hebrew, וירשׁ את ירשׁיו , Possidebit possessores suos, Vulgate, shall possess his possessors: or, as Blaney renders it, shall take to their possessions who have taken to his. “This is... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 49:3
Jeremiah 49:3. Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled This “Ai must be a different city from that taken by Joshua, chap. 8., which lay on the west side of Jordan. Grotius mentions another city, called Gaia by Ptolemy; which, being near Heshbon, the destruction of it was matter of concern to the neighbouring city.” Lament, and run to and fro by the hedges Try to hide yourselves in the thickets, and remove from one place to another, for fear of being discovered. But by גדרות , here rendered... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 49:4-6
Jeremiah 49:4-6. Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? That is, in the riches of thy fat and plentiful valleys, which overflow with abundance of all things: compare Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 28:4. Though they be fruitful, yet glory not therein, for, notwithstanding their fertility, they shall be no security to thee against the terror which I shall bring upon thee. Behold, I will bring fear upon thee When God gives up a people to destruction, he commonly takes from them their usual courage.... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:5
The Ammonitish community dissolved; every one earing for himself. Every man right forth; i.e. straight before him, in a wild panic which expels every thought but that of self-preservation. Him that wandereth. Collectively for "the wanderers," i.e. the fugitives. So it is said of the Babylonians, that they are "like sheep with none to gather them." read more