Jeremiah 49:6 NIV

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 49:6

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 49:6

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 49:6

Verse 6 He now says the same thing of the children of Ammon, as he said before of the Moabites, that some hope yet remained for them, for God would at length show mercy to that nation. But, as we have said, these promises were but adventitious, because God had chosen but one people to be a Father to them; and the children of Abraham must be viewed as distinct from all other nations. But though God built, as it were, a wall to separate his people from aliens, it was yet his will to give some... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:6

Revival of the Ammonites (see on Jeremiah 48:47 ). 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 49:4-6

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

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

E.W. Bullinger