Jeremiah 49:1-2

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 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord ,.... Or, "to the Ammonites" F21 לבני עמון "ad filios Ammon", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus. ; or, "against" them F23 "Contra filios Ammonis", Schmidt; "de vel contra", Vatablus; "contra", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; it will bear to be rendered either way, and all is true; for what is said by the Lord, as follows, is concerning them, their sins, and their punishment, and is directed to them, and is a threatening against... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites - This prophetic discourse was also delivered after the capture of Jerusalem. Hath Israel no sons? - no heir? - The Ammonites, it appears, took advantage of the depressed state of Israel, and invaded their territories in the tribe of Gad, hoping to make them their own for ever. But the prophet intimates that God will preserve the descendants of Israel, and will bring them back to their forfeited inheritances. Why then doth their king - מלכם Malcom or ... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 1 We have said that the Ammonites were not only contiguous to the Moabites, but had also derived their origin from Lot, and were thus connected with them by blood. Their origin was indeed base and shameful, for they were, as it is well known, the offspring of incest. There was, however, the bond of fraternity between them, because both nations had the same father. God had spared them when he brought up his people from Egypt; for in remembrance of the holy man Lot, he would have both... 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

Hath Israel no sons! The violent seizure, perpetrated before his eyes, of parts of the sacred territory, forces the indignant question from the prophet, "How can these things be?" It was so on a former occasion (see Jeremiah 2:14 ), and it is so again, now that the Ammonites are occupying the land of the Gadites. True, the present generation has lost its property, but the next is the heir to all its rights and privileges. Their king; rather, their King— their Melech or Moloch; it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1

Israel's heirs. "Hath he no heir?" Most wonderful is the preservation of the Jews as a distinct race amid the strangest vicissitudes of fortune and through centuries of exile—surviving the devastating deluge of the successive Oriental monarchies, the captivity in Babylon, the cruelties of Antiochus Epiphanes, the sweep of Roman conquest, the persecution of the Middle Ages, and the cosmopolitan citizenship of our own day. Yet, much as Israel has contributed to the philosophy and trade of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:1

Might not right. Ammon had taken possession of the territory of Israel (cf. chapter). Had done so as if it were his right, as if they were the lawful heirs of the land. Because of this judgment is denounced against them. They are to learn that might is not right. I. THERE MAY BE RIGHT WITHOUT MIGHT . It was so with Israel at this time. Is so with the trite Church of God. "All things are yours"—so we are told, but it is only de jure, not de facto. But— II. THERE ... 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

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