Jeremiah 49:2

Therefore, 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Concerning 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

3Wail, O Cheshbon, for Ai is plundered: 1 cry out, ye banot of Rabbah, 1 gird you with sackcloth; 1 lament, and rush to and fro inside the walls; 1 for Malcam (Molech) shall go into Golus, 1 and his kohanim and his sarim together. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:11For only Og Melech HaBashan remained of the remnant of Repha'im; hinei, his bedstead was a bedstead of barzel. Is it not in Rabbah of the Bnei Ammon? Nine regular cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it.

2 Samuel 11:1And it came to pass, at the teshuvah (turning) of the shanah (year), at the time when melachim go forth [to war], that Dovid sent Yoav, and his avadim with him, and kol Yisroel; and they destroyed the Bnei Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But Dovid tarried still at Yerushalayim.

Psalms 48:11According to Thy Shem, O Elohim, 1 so is Thy tehillah unto the ends of ha'aretz; 1 Thy right hand is full of tzedek. 1

Isaiah 11:14But they shall swoop down upon the shoulders of the Pelishtim toward the west; 1 they shall plunder them of the east together; 1 they shall lay their yad upon Edom and Moav; 1 and the Bnei Ammon shall obey them. 1

Isaiah 14:2And the nations shall take them, and bring them to their makom (place, home); and Bais Yisroel shall possess them as an inheritance in the Admat Hashem (Land of Hashem ) for avadim and shifchot; and they shall take their captors captive; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

Jeremiah 49:1Concerning 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

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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