Jeremias 30:1

1 CONCERNING THE SONS OF AMMON thus saith the Lord, Are there no sons in Israel? or have they no one to succeed ? wherefore has Melchol inherited Galaad, and why shall their people dwell in their cities?

Jeremias 30:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 30:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord
The word of prophecy, us the Targum. Some make this to be the "thirteenth" sermon of the prophet's; it is a consolatory one, as Kimchi observes: saying;
as follows:

Jeremias 30:1 In-Context

1 CONCERNING THE SONS OF AMMON thus saith the Lord, Are there no sons in Israel? or have they no one to succeed ? wherefore has Melchol inherited Galaad, and why shall their people dwell in their cities?

2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will cause to be heard in Rabbath a tumult of wars; and they shall become a waste and ruined place, and her altars shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel succeed to his dominion.

3 Howl, O Esebon, for Gai has perished; cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with sack-clothes, and lament; for Melchol shall go into banishment, his priests and his princes together.

4 Why do ye exult in the plains of the Enakim, thou haughty daughter, that trustest in treasures, that sayest, Who shall come in to me?

5 Behold, I bring terror upon thee, saith the Lord, from all the country round about thee; and ye shall be scattered every one right before him, and there is none to gather you.