Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning Bnei Ammon, thus saith Hashem: 1 Hath Yisroel no banim? 1 Hath he no yoresh (heir)? 1 Why then doth Malcam (Molech) inherit Gad, 1 and his people dwell in his towns? 1

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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?

In Context

2Therefore, hinei, the days come, saith Hashem, 1 that I will cause an alarm of milchamah 1 to be heard in Rabbah of Bnei Ammon; 1 and it shall become a desolate tel (mound), 1 and her banot shall be burned with eish: 1 then shall Yisroel dispossess his dispossessors, saith Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:19And when thou comest opposite the Bnei Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them; for I will not give thee of the Eretz Bnei Ammon any yerushah; because I have given it unto the Bnei Lot for a yerushah.

Judges 10:7And the Af Hashem was hot against Yisroel, and He sold them into the yad Pelishtim (Philistines), and into the yad Bnei Ammon.

1 Samuel 11:1Then Nachash the Ammoni came up, and laid siege to Yavesh Gil'ad; and all the anashim of Yavesh said unto Nachash, Make a brit with us, and we will serve thee.

2 Kings 24:2And Hashem sent against him gedudim (soldiers of the army) of the Kasdim, and gedudim of Aram (Syria) and gedudim of Moav and gedudim of Bnei Ammon, and sent them against Yehudah to destroy it, according to the Devar Hashem, which He spoke by His avadim the Nevi'im.

2 Chronicles 20:23For the Bnei Ammon and Moav stood up against the inhabitants of Mt Se'ir, utterly to slay and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Se'ir, every one helped to destroy another.

Nehemiah 4:7Therefore set I behind the lower places of the Chomah, and on the exposed places, I even set HaAm by their mishpekhot with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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 →

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