Jeremiah 49:2-12

2 "Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "That I will cause a ¹trumpet blast of war to be heard Against ²Rabbah of the sons of Ammon; And it will become a desolate heap, And her ³towns will be set on fire. Then Israel will take ⁴possession of his possessors," Says the LORD.

3 "Wail, O ⁵Heshbon, for ⁶Ai has been destroyed! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah, ⁷Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, And rush back and forth inside the walls; For Malcam will ⁸go into exile Together with his priests and his princes.

4 "How ⁹boastful you are about the valleys! Your valley is flowing away, O ¹⁰backsliding daughter Who trusts in her ¹¹treasures, saying, '¹²Who will come against me?'

5 "Behold, I am going to bring ¹³terror upon you," Declares the Lord GOD of hosts, "From all directions around you; And each of you will be ¹⁴driven out headlong, With no one to gather the ¹⁵fugitives together.

6 "But afterward * I will ¹⁶restore The fortunes of the sons of Ammon," Declares the LORD.

Prophecy against Edom

7 Concerning ¹⁷Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Is there no longer any ¹⁸wisdom in ¹⁹Teman? Has good counsel been lost to the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

8 "Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of ²⁰Dedan, For I will bring the ²¹disaster of Esau upon him At the time I punish him.

9 "²²If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, They would destroy only until they had enough.

10 "But I have ²³stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his hiding places So that he will not be able to conceal himself; His offspring has been destroyed along with his relatives And his neighbors, and ²⁴he is no more.

11 "Leave your ²⁵orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your ²⁶widows trust in Me."

12 For thus says the LORD, "Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the ²⁷cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be ²⁸completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it.

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Jeremiah 49:2-12 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 28

1. Numbers 10:9; Jeremiah 4:19
2. Deuteronomy 3:11; 2 Samuel 11:1; Ezekiel 21:20
3. Joshua 17:11, 16
4. Isaiah 14:2
5. Jeremiah 48:2
6. Joshua 7:2-5; Joshua 8:1-29; Ezra 2:28
7. Isaiah 32:11; Jeremiah 48:37
8. Jeremiah 46:25; Jeremiah 48:7
9. Jeremiah 9:23
10. Jeremiah 31:22
11. Psalms 62:10; Ezekiel 28:4, 5; 1 Timothy 6:17
12. Jeremiah 21:13
13. Jeremiah 48:43; Jeremiah 49:29
14. Jeremiah 16:16; Jeremiah 46:5
15. Lamentations 4:15
16. Jeremiah 48:47; Jeremiah 49:39
17. Genesis 25:30; Genesis 32:3; Isaiah 34:5, 6; Jeremiah 25:21; Ezekiel 25:12; Amos 1:11; Obad 1-21
18. Job 2:11; Jeremiah 8:9
19. Gen 36:11, 15, 34; Jeremiah 49:20
20. Isaiah 21:13; Jeremiah 25:23
21. Jeremiah 46:21; Malachi 1:3, 4
22. Obadiah 5
23. Jeremiah 13:26
24. Isaiah 17:14
25. Psalms 68:5; Hosea 14:3
26. Psalms 68:5; Zechariah 7:10
27. Jeremiah 25:15
28. Jeremiah 25:28, 29; 1 Peter 4:17

Footnotes 12

[a]. Or "shout of"
[b]. Cf v 1
[c]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD
[d]. Lit "before him"
[e]. Or "captivity"
[f]. Or "brought"
[g]. Or "punished"
[h]. Lit "their sufficiency"
[i]. Lit "seed"
[j]. Lit "brothers"
[k]. Or "fatherless"
[l]. Lit "whose judgment was not to"