Jeremiah 49:1
This is what the Lord says about the Ammonites: Don't the Israelites have any children? Don't they have heirs to inherit their property? So why has Milcom taken over the territory belonging to the tribe of Gad? Why are his people living in their towns?
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Deuteronomy 2:19However, when you enter Ammonite territory, don't cause them any trouble or fight with them for I'm not going to give you any Ammonite land, because I have given it to the descendants of Lot and it belongs to them.”
Judges 10:7So the Lord became angry with Israel, and he sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.
1 Samuel 11:1Nahash the Ammonite came with his army and besieged Jabesh-gilead. All the people of Jabesh said to him, “Make a peace treaty with us, and we will be your subjects.”
2 Kings 24:2Then the Lord sent bands of raiders against Judah to destroy them. They came from Babylonia, Aram, Moab, and Ammon, just as the Lord had said through his servants the prophets.
2 Chronicles 20:23The men of Ammon and Moab turned on the men from Mount Seir, killing all of them. Once they'd finished wiping out the army from Seir, they turned on each other, destroying themselves.
Nehemiah 4:7When Sanballat and Tobiah, and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being filled in, they were furious.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:1
The cup of trembling still goes round, and the nations must all drink of it, according to the instructions given to Jeremiah, ch. xxv. 15 . This chapter puts it into the hands, I. Of the Ammonites, ver. 1-6 . II. Of the Edomites, ver. 7-22 . III. Of the Syrians, ver. 23-27 . IV. Of the Kedarenes, and the kingdoms of Hazor, ver. 28-33 . V. Of the Elamites, ver. 34-39 . When Israel was scarcely saved where shall all these appear? Read the whole commentary →