Jeremiah 49:5

Hineni, I will bring a pachad (terror) upon thee, 1 saith Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os, 1 from all those that be around thee; 1 and ye shall be driven out, every ish before him; 1 and none shall gather up the fugitive.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 gloriest thou in the valleys, 1 thy flowing emek (valley), O Bat hashovevah (backsliding Daughter)? 1 That trusted in her otzarot, saying: 1 Who shall come unto Me? 1

6And afterward I will bring back the captivity of the Bnei Ammon, saith Hashem.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:9And she said unto the anashim, I know that Hashem hath given you HaAretz, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of HaAretz faint because of you.

2 Kings 19:7Hineni, I will put a ruach in him, and he shall hear a shemuah (report), and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the cherev in his own land.

Proverbs 28:1The rasha flee when none pursueth; 1 but the tzaddikim are bold as a lion. 1

Jeremiah 6:25Go not forth into the sadeh, 1 nor walk by the derech; 1 for the cherev of the oyev (enemy) 1 and magur (fear, terror) is on every side. 1

Jeremiah 20:4For thus saith Hashem, Hineni, I will make thee a magor (terror) to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the cherev of their oyevim, and thine eynayim shall behold it; and I will give kol Yehudah into the yad Melech Bavel, and he shall carry them captive into Bavel, and shall slay them with the cherev.

Jeremiah 48:41Keriyot is captured, 1 and the strongholds are taken, 1 and the lev gibborim in Moav at that day shall be as the lev isha in her birth pangs. 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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