Jeremiah 49:1-22

Prophecy against Ammon

1 Concerning the sons of ¹Ammon. Thus says the LORD: "Does Israel have no sons? Or has he no heirs? Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad And his people settled in its cities?

2 "Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "That I will cause a ²trumpet blast of war to be heard Against ³Rabbah of the sons of Ammon; And it will become a desolate heap, And her ⁴towns will be set on fire. Then Israel will take ⁵possession of his possessors," Says the LORD.

3 "Wail, O ⁶Heshbon, for ⁷Ai has been destroyed! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah, ⁸Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, And rush back and forth inside the walls; For Malcam will ⁹go into exile Together with his priests and his princes.

4 "How ¹⁰boastful you are about the valleys! Your valley is flowing away, O ¹¹backsliding daughter Who trusts in her ¹²treasures, saying, '¹³Who will come against me?'

5 "Behold, I am going to bring ¹⁴terror upon you," Declares the Lord GOD of hosts, "From all directions around you; And each of you will be ¹⁵driven out headlong, With no one to gather the ¹⁶fugitives together.

6 "But afterward * I will ¹⁷restore The fortunes of the sons of Ammon," Declares the LORD.

Prophecy against Edom

7 Concerning ¹⁸Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Is there no longer any ¹⁹wisdom in ²⁰Teman? Has good counsel been lost to the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

8 "Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of ²¹Dedan, For I will bring the ²²disaster of Esau upon him At the time I punish him.

9 "²³If 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 ²⁴stripped 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 ²⁵he is no more.

11 "Leave your ²⁶orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your ²⁷widows trust in Me."

12 For thus says the LORD, "Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the ²⁸cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be ²⁹completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it.

13 "For I have ³⁰sworn by Myself," declares the LORD, "that ³¹Bozrah will become an ³²object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins."

14 I have ³³heard a message from the LORD, And an ³⁴envoy is sent among the nations, saying, "³⁵Gather yourselves together and come against her, And rise up for battle!"

15 "For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.

16 "As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the ³⁶rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as ³⁷high as an eagle's, I will ³⁸bring you down from there," declares the LORD.

17 "Edom will become an ³⁹object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will ⁴⁰hiss at all its wounds.

18 "Like the ⁴¹overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors," says the LORD, "⁴²no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it.

19 "⁴³Behold, one will come up like a lion from the ⁴⁴thickets of the Jordan against a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is ⁴⁵chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is ⁴⁶like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd ⁴⁷who can stand against Me?"

20 Therefore hear the ⁴⁸plan of the LORD which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely * they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely * He will make their pasture ⁴⁹desolate because of them.

21 The ⁵⁰earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red * Sea.

22 Behold, He will mount up and ⁵¹swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the ⁵²hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 49:1-22 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.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 23:3, 4; 2 Chronicles 20:1; Ezekiel 21:28-32; Ezekiel 25:2-10; Amos 1:13-15; Zephaniah 2:8-11
• 2. Numbers 10:9; Jeremiah 4:19
• 3. Deuteronomy 3:11; 2 Samuel 11:1; Ezekiel 21:20
• 4. Joshua 17:11, 16
• 5. Isaiah 14:2
• 6. Jeremiah 48:2
• 7. Joshua 7:2-5; Joshua 8:1-29; Ezra 2:28
• 8. Isaiah 32:11; Jeremiah 48:37
• 9. Jeremiah 46:25; Jeremiah 48:7
• 10. Jeremiah 9:23
• 11. Jeremiah 31:22
• 12. Psalms 62:10; Ezekiel 28:4, 5; 1 Timothy 6:17
• 13. Jeremiah 21:13
• 14. Jeremiah 48:43; Jeremiah 49:29
• 15. Jeremiah 16:16; Jeremiah 46:5
• 16. Lamentations 4:15
• 17. Jeremiah 48:47; Jeremiah 49:39
• 18. Genesis 25:30; Genesis 32:3; Isaiah 34:5, 6; Jeremiah 25:21; Ezekiel 25:12; Amos 1:11; Obad 1-21
• 19. Job 2:11; Jeremiah 8:9
• 20. Gen 36:11, 15, 34; Jeremiah 49:20
• 21. Isaiah 21:13; Jeremiah 25:23
• 22. Jeremiah 46:21; Malachi 1:3, 4
• 23. Obadiah 5
• 24. Jeremiah 13:26
• 25. Isaiah 17:14
• 26. Psalms 68:5; Hosea 14:3
• 27. Psalms 68:5; Zechariah 7:10
• 28. Jeremiah 25:15
• 29. Jeremiah 25:28, 29; 1 Peter 4:17
• 30. Genesis 22:16; Isaiah 45:23; Jeremiah 44:26; Amos 6:8
• 31. Genesis 36:33; 1 Chronicles 1:44; Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 63:1; Amos 1:12
• 32. Isaiah 34:9-15; Jeremiah 18:16
• 33. Obad 1-4
• 34. Isaiah 18:2; Isaiah 30:4
• 35. Jeremiah 50:14
• 36. 2 Kings 14:7; Jeremiah 48:28
• 37. Job 39:27; Isaiah 14:13-15
• 38. Amos 9:2
• 39. Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 49:13; Jeremiah 50:13; Ezekiel 35:7
• 40. 1 Kings 9:8; Jeremiah 51:37
• 41. Genesis 19:24, 25; Deuteronomy 29:23; Jeremiah 50:40; Amos 4:11; Zephaniah 2:9
• 42. Job 18:15-18; Jeremiah 49:33
• 43. Jeremiah 50:44
• 44. Joshua 3:15; Jeremiah 12:5
• 45. Numbers 16:5
• 46. Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 46:9
• 47. Job 41:10
• 48. Isaiah 14:24, 27; Jeremiah 50:45
• 49. Malachi 1:3, 4
• 50. Jeremiah 50:46; Ezekiel 26:15, 18
• 51. Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 48:40; Hosea 8:1
• 52. Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 48:41

Footnotes

• [a]. In 1 Kin 11:5, 33 and Zeph 1:5, "Milcom"
• [b]. Or "shout of"
• [c]. Cf v 1
• [d]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD
• [e]. Lit "before him"
• [f]. Or "captivity"
• [g]. Or "brought"
• [h]. Or "punished"
• [i]. Lit "their sufficiency"
• [j]. Lit "seed"
• [k]. Lit "brothers"
• [l]. Or "fatherless"
• [m]. Lit "whose judgment was not to"
• [n]. Or "Sela"
• [o]. Lit "pride"
• [p]. Or "an enduring habitation"
• [q]. Or "habitation"
• [r]. Lit "Sea of Reeds"
• [s]. Or "one"
• [t]. Or "over"