Jeremías 49:2 NTV

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 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-2

The paradox of Israel's inheritance. The fittingness of this prediction is very striking. It is Ammon, the appropriator of Gad, who is the special subject of it. I. ITS UNLIKELIHOOD . At the time the prediction was uttered appearances were completely against it. The original promise seemed doomed to failure. The flower and hope of Israel was in exile, and the land lay desolate. Interlopers reaped the benefit of their misfortunes, and seized upon portions of the unoccupied land. In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-2

A usurper in the inheritance. I. ACTUAL POSSESSION IS NOT THE ONLY THING TO BE CONSIDERED . Ammon is the actual present possessor of the territory of Gad. But every possessor must be ready upon occasion to show his title. With respect to the most trifling article the possessor must be able to make clear that it is his own, that he bought it, or inherited it, or had it given to him; in short, that it came to him in some entirely lawful way. Ammon had taken Gad by force,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-3

The violence of the Ammonites shall be severely punished. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:2

The punishment of Ammon. Its capital, Rabbah (see 2 Samuel 12:26 , 2 Samuel 12:27 ), and the "daughter" cities, shall be laid waste. The alarm of war ("alarm" equivalent to "shout"), as in Jeremiah 4:19 . A desolate heap. Fortified towns were built on "heaps, or slight elevations (comp. on Jeremiah 30:18 ), the Hebrew name for which (in the singular) is tel. The "heap" and the ruins of the town together are aptly called a "heap of desolation." Then shall Israel be heir , etc.;... read more

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

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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-6

A message concerning Ammon (49:1-6)Like its brother nation Moab, Ammon was a distant relative of the nation Judah. (Ammon and Moab were descended from Lot; Judah was descended from Lot’s uncle, Abraham; cf. Genesis 12:5; Genesis 19:36-38). Ammon and Moab occupied part of the tableland region east of the Jordan River, which meant they were the immediate neighbours of Israel and Judah to the east.About a century before the time of Jeremiah, Assyria had conquered the northern kingdom Israel and... read more

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 49:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 49:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1-6

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