Jeremiah 49:5

Behold, I am bringing fear in on you, || A declaration of Lord YHWH of Hosts, || From all around you, || And you have each been driven out before it, || And there is no gatherer of the wandering.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

In Context

4Why do you boast yourself in valleys? Your valley is flowing, || O backsliding daughter, || Who is trusting in her treasures: Who comes to me?

6And after this I return the captivity of the sons of Ammon, || A declaration of YHWH.”

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Cross References

Joshua 2:9and she says to the men, “I have known that YHWH has given the land to you, and that your terror has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.

2 Kings 19:7Behold, I am giving a spirit in him, and he has heard a report, and has turned back to his land, and I have caused him to fall by the sword in his land.”

Proverbs 28:1The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer, || And the righteous is confident as a young lion.

Jeremiah 6:25Do not go forth to the field, || And do not walk in the way, || For the enemy has a sword, || Fear [is] all around.

Jeremiah 20:4For thus said YHWH: Behold, I am making you for a fear to yourself, || And to all loving you, || And they have fallen by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes are beholding, || And all Judah I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, || And he has removed them to Babylon, || And he has struck them with the sword.

Jeremiah 48:41The cities have been captured, || And the strongholds are caught, || And the heart of the mighty of Moab || Has been in that day as the heart of a distressed woman.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:2-7

The Judgment of Ammonites. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord ; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? 2 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: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord . 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled:… Read the whole commentary →

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