Jeremiah 49:3 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 49:3

Howl, O Heshbon ,.... Which was a city of Moab, though it formerly belonged to the Amorites; see Jeremiah 48:2 ; it was upon the border of Ammon, and near to Ai, now destroyed; and therefore is called upon to howl and lament, because its destruction also was near at hand, and might be expected; hence Kimchi gathers, that the Ammonites were destroyed before the Moabites: but some have thought that Heshbon was a double city, divided by a river, which ran through it; and that that city which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:3

Run to and fro by the hedges - It is supposed that this may refer to the women making lamentations for the dead, that were in general buried by the walls of their gardens; but others think that it refers to the smaller cities or villages, called here the daughters of Rabbah, the metropolis; the inhabitants of which are exhorted to seek safety somewhere else, as none can be expected from them, now that the enemy is at hand. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:3

Verse 3 The Prophet now triumphs, as it were, over the land of Ammon, and, according to his accustomed manner, as we have before seen; for had the prophets spoken without metaphors, and simply narrated the things treated of by them, their words would have been frigid and inefficient, and would not have penetrated into the hearts of men. This, then, is the reason why the prophets adopted an elevated style, and adorned with grandeur their prophecies; for they never, like rhetoricians, affected... 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 49:3

Heshbon . Here mentioned as de jure a Gadite, but de facto an Ammonitish, town; in Numbers 21:26 it appears as "the city of Sihon" the Amorite. In Isaiah 15:4 and Isaiah 16:9 it is reckoned to the Moabites. There was a continual warfare between the neigh-bouring tribes of Reuben and Gad on the one hand, and the Moabites and Ammonites on the other. Let Heshbon lament, because Ai is spoiled . The introduction of At, which is only known to us as a Canaanitish town, near Bethel, on... 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

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

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 49:3

Heshbon. Compare Jeremiah 48:2 . Ai. An Ammonite town, not yet identified. cry = cry sadly. hedges = fences. read more