Darby's translation notes (1890)
Jeremiah 49:2
49:2 towns (i-34) Lit. 'daughters;' and so often. him, (a-47) Or 'and Israel shall inherit them that were heirs to him.' see ver. 1.
49:2 towns (i-34) Lit. 'daughters;' and so often. him, (a-47) Or 'and Israel shall inherit them that were heirs to him.' see ver. 1.
RABBAH - i. e., the “great city.” See 2 Samuel 12:27 note for a distinction between Rabbah, the citadel, and the town itself, lying below upon the Jabbok. DAUGHTERS - i. e., unwalled villages (and in...
CHAPTER 49 Concerning Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, and Elam _ 1. Concerning the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:1) _ 2. Concerning Edom (Jeremiah 49:7) 3. Concerning Damascus (Jeremiah 49:23)...
AMMON. The Ammonite territory lay eastward of part of that assigned to Gad, between Heshbon and the river Jabbok; the Ammonites appear to have occupied the territory of Gad after the deportation of it...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ RABBAH. Now _'Amman,_ on the highlands of Gilead.. large Roman city was built there four centuries later, called "Philadelphia". Its ruins yet remain. HEAP. _t...
_Rabbah_ now _-Ammân_, their capital city, on the river Jabbok, fourteen miles N.E. of Heshbon. _a desolate heap_ See on Jeremiah 30:18. _her daughters_ the minor cities depending on her; so Jeremia...
RABBAH OF THE AMMONITES— A capital city of that country. Her _daughters_ mean the smaller cities or villages. _THEN SHALL ISRAEL BE HEIR,_ &C.— This is understood to have been fulfilled, when Judas Ma...
V. AN ORACLE AGAINST AMMON Jeremiah 49:1-6 TRANSLATION (1) Against the children of Ammon. Thus says the LORD: Has Israel no sons; has he no heir? why does their king possess Gad, and his people dwell...
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fir...
AGAINST AMMON, EDOM, AND OTHER NATIONS 1-6. The territory of Ammon was N. of Moab, and the two peoples were connected by descent. The carrying away of the tribes on the E. of Jordan by Tiglath-pileser...
RABBAH OF THE AMMONITES. — More fully, _of the children of Ammon. — _Rabbah, or Rabbath, the “city of waters” (the word signifies “Great,” and the city was, as it were, the Megalopolis of Ammon), was...
לָכֵ֡ן הִנֵּה֩ יָמִ֨ים בָּאִ֜ים נְאֻם ־יְהוָ֗ה...
CHAPTER XX AMMON Jeremiah 49:1 "Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth Moloch possess Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof?"- Jeremiah 49:1 THE relations of Israel with Ammo...
Against the children of Ammon Jeremiah raised a protest because their king was in possession of Gad. He declared that by the fierce judgment of war, they were to be dispossessed and driven forth. The...
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in (d) Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with...
_Rabbath; called Amana, Astarte, and Philadelphia, by Stephanus. --- Possess; returning first from captivity, and subduing the cities of Ammon, under Hyrcan, 1 Machabees v. 6._...
The Chapter opens in a beautiful and striking manner, for the Lord himself, Israel's lawful Sovereign, demands, as in a court of justice, how, or wherefore it is, that the land he gave, (and as Lord a...
God testifies here plainly that he would not suffer the Ammonites for ever to enjoy their unjust plunder. He says that _the days would come_, in order to sustain with hope the minds of his children: f...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...
THEREFORE, BEHOLD, THE DAYS COME, SAITH THE LORD,.... Or, "are coming" y; as they did, in a very little time after this prophecy: THAT I WILL CAUSE AN ALARM OF WAR TO BE HEARD IN RABBAH OF THE AMMONI...
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire...
_Therefore I will cause the noise of war to be heard in Rabbah,_ &c. The principal city of that country. _Her daughters shall be burned with fire_ That is, the lesser cities, which are reckoned so man...
AGAINST AMMON...
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites, their capital; AND IT SHALL BE A DESOLATE HEAP, literally, "a hill of desola...
Because the Ammonites had violently seized upon some part of the Jews land, and (as we have it, AMOS 1:13,14) cruelly _ripped up the women with child in Gilead_, that they might enlarge their border,...
Jeremiah 49:2 days H3117 coming H935 (H8802) says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 heard H8085 (H8689) alarm...
JUDGMENT AGAINST AMMON (JEREMIAH 49:1). Ammon were a fierce, half-civilised nation beyond the eastern borders of Israel and Moab, with their further borders connecting with the deserts of Arabia with...
PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS CONTINUED (JEREMIAH 49:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:64). Having learned that judgment was coming on Egypt, Philistia and Moab, we now go on to learn that it will also visit Am...
CONTENTS: Prophecies against the Ammonites, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, kingdoms of Hazor, Elam. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadrezzar, Zedekiah. CONCLUSION: Nations that despise and persecute God's...
Jeremiah 49:1. _Hath Israel no sons; hath he no heir?_ In this bold and striking manner the prophet commences his elegy on Ammon. The king of Ammon had in times of war, seized the cities of Gad. By ev...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:2 ISRAEL SHALL DISPOSSESS. Israel will retake the cities lost in 734–732 B.C. (v. Jeremiah 49:1)....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The prophecies against _Ammon, Edom, Damascus,_ and _Kedar._ Jeremiah 49:1 are synchronous with the previous chapter, but the section (Jere...
EXPOSITION On Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazer, and Elam. JEREMIAH 49:1 The violence of the Ammonites shall be severely punished. JEREMIAH 49:1 HATH ISRAEL NO SONS! The violent seizure, perp...
Now in chapter 49, he speaks first of the Ammonites. Now, the Ammonites were those people who were north of Moab and east of the Jordan in the upper Jordan area, east of the Sea of Galilee and the Gol...
2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:27; Amos 1:14; Deuteronomy 3:11;...