Jeremiah 49:5

But listen to this: 'I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will cause you to become terrified. You will all be forced to flee to other countries, and no one will be able to bring you together again.'

Translation for Translators

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

4You are [RHQ] very proud of your very fertile valleys, but they will soon be ruined. You rebellious people, you trusted in your wealth, and you said, ‘Certainly no [RHQ] army will be able to attack us!’

6But some day I will enable the Ammon people-group to return to their land. That will surely happen, because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

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Cross References

Joshua 2:9and said to them, “We know that Yahweh is about to give this land to you Israelis, and as a result all the people living in this land are terrified because of you.

2 Kings 19:7Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that will worry him, that a foreign army is about to attack his country. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by men using swords.’”

Proverbs 28:1Wicked people run away even when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good people are not afraid; they are as brave as lions.

Jeremiah 6:25So one person says to another, ‘Do not go out into the fields! Do not go on the roads, because the enemy soldiers have swords and they are everywhere; they are coming from all directions, and we are extremely afraid.’”

Jeremiah 20:4because Yahweh says this to you: ‘I will cause you and your friends to be terrified. You will watch them being killed by your enemies’ swords. I will enable the army of the king of Babylon to capture the people of Judah. Those soldiers will take some of the people to Babylon, and they will kill others with their swords.

Jeremiah 48:41Its cities will be captured, its fortresses will be seized. Even their warriors will be afraid, like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth.

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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