Jeremiah 49:1-3

A Message About Ammon

1 Concerning the Ammonites: This is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Has Israel no heir? Why then has Molek^[a] taken possession of Gad? Why do his people live in its towns?

2 But the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites; it will become a mound of ruins, and its surrounding villages will be set on fire. Then Israel will drive out those who drove her out,” says the LORD.

3 “Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; rush here and there inside the walls, for Molek will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.

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Jeremiah 49:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 49

This chapter contains prophecies concerning the judgments of God on several nations and kingdoms, chiefly bordering on the land of Israel; on the Ammonites, Jer 49:1-6; on the Edomites, Jer 49:7-22; on the kingdom of Damascus, or the Syrians, Jer 49:23-27; on the Kedarenes or Arabians, Jer 49:28-33; and on the Elamites or Persians, Jer 49:34-39.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 12

1. S Genesis 19:38; S 1 Samuel 11:1-11; 2 Samuel 10:1-19; Amos 1:13; Zephaniah 2:8-9
2. S Leviticus 18:21
3. Genesis 30:11
4. S Jeremiah 4:19
5. S Deuteronomy 3:11
6. S Deuteronomy 13:16
7. S Isaiah 14:2; S Jeremiah 30:16; Ezekiel 21:28-32; Ezekiel 25:2-11
8. S Joshua 13:26
9. S Genesis 12:8; S Joshua 8:28
10. S Genesis 37:34
11. Zephaniah 1:5
12. S Jeremiah 48:7

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "their king" ; also in verse 3