Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 49:4
Thy flowing valley - The (fertile) valley in which Rabbah was situated. The Septuagint again has: “in the valleys of the Anakim,” as in Jeremiah 47:5 (see the note).
Thy flowing valley - The (fertile) valley in which Rabbah was situated. The Septuagint again has: “in the valleys of the Anakim,” as in Jeremiah 47:5 (see the note).
Verse Jeremiah 49:4. _WHEREFORE GLORIEST THOU_] Though thy valleys be fruitful, yet glory not in them. Though thou have much political and military power, do not trust in them, nor in the multitude of...
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...
WHEREFORE... ? WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ THY FLOWING VALLEY. thy valley flowing [with blood]. TRUSTED. confided. Hebrew. _bat_. _h_. App-69. SAYING. Some codices, with three early print...
_Wherefore … flowing valley_ mg. (scarcely possible), _Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley floweth away_. Rabbah was on a broad tableland about 2700 feet above the sea, but it was surro...
THY FLOWING VALLEY— _Valley of Anakim._ Houbigant renders the verse, _Wherefore dost thou glory in thy valleys? Thy valley is spoiled, O backsliding daughter, who didst trust,_ &c....
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...
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? THY FLOWING VALLEY - rather, 'thy valley shall fl...
THY FLOWING VALLEY] Ammon was full of valleys and streams running into Jordan....
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...
IN THE VALLEYS. — The word exactly describes the conformation of the Ammonite country, as a high plateau intersected by streams which make their way to the Jordan. For “thy flowing valley” read “thy v...
מַה ־תִּתְהַֽלְלִי֙ בָּֽ † עֲמָקִ֔ים זָ֣ב עִמְקֵ֔ךְ...
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...
Why gloriest thou in the (e) valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come to me? (e) In your plentiful country....
_Delicate. Hebrew, "rebel or dissolute." Septuagint, "impudent."_...
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...
As the minds of men continually vacillate, because they do not sufficiently consider the infinite power of God, the Prophet, that he might remove all obstacles which might have rendered his prophecy d...
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...
WHEREFORE GLORIEST THOU IN THE VALLEYS,.... Of which there were many in the country of Ammon, fruitful and well watered, which were situated by the rivers of Arnon and Jabbok, the borders of this coun...
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come unto me? Ver. 4. _Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys?_]...
_Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys?_ That is, in the riches of thy fat and plentiful valleys, which overflow with abundance of all things: compare Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 28:4. Though they be fruitfu...
AGAINST AMMON...
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, flowing with abundance, with milk and honey, O BACKSLIDING DAUGHTER? so called because the children of Ammon had denied their descent from L...
THY FLOWING VALLEY: Or, thy valley floweth away...
OLBHeb; It should seem that this country was full of very fruitful valleys, which we know are always the most fertile places, lying lower and at a greater distance from the sun than mountains, and als...
Jeremiah 49:4 boast H1984 (H8691) valleys H6010 flowing H2100 (H8802) valley H6010 backsliding H7728 daughter H1323
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...
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...
1 Timothy 6:17; Ezekiel 28:4; Hosea 4:16; Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 47:7;...
Flowing — Either flowing with water, or plenty of corn and grass....