Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 49:14
14I have heard an envoy from the Lord; a messenger has been sent among the nations: Assemble yourselves to come against her. Rise up for war!
Jeremiah 49:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
- New International Version (NIV)I have heard a message from the Lord; an envoy was sent to the nations to say, “Assemble yourselves to attack it! Rise up for battle!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have heard a message from the Lord, and an envoy has been sent among the nations: "Gather yourselves together and come against her, and rise up for battle!
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have heard a message from the Lord, And an ambassador has been sent to the nations: “Gather together, come against her, And rise up to battle!
Context of Jeremiah 49:14
12For this is what the Lord says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not remain unpunished, for you must drink it too. 13For by myself I have sworn” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins forever.” I have heard an envoy from the Lord; a messenger has been sent among the nations: Assemble yourselves to come against her. Rise up for war! 15I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations, despised among humanity. 16As to the terror you cause, your arrogant heart has deceived you. You who live in the clefts of the rock, you who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagles, even from there I will bring you down. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Read all of Jeremiah 49Jeremiah 49:14 word by word
שְׁמוּעָ֤ה שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה וְצִ֖יר בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם שָׁל֑וּחַ הִֽתְקַבְּצוּ֙ וּבֹ֣אוּ עָלֶ֔יהָ וְק֖וּמוּ לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- a rumourשְׁמוּעָהshemû‛âh · tidingsH8052
- from the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- and an ambassadorצִירtsîyr · envoyH6735
- is sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- unto the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- Gather ye togetherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
- and comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- against her, and rise upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- to the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
Cross-references for Jeremiah 49:14
- Jeremiah 51:46May you not become cowardly and fearful when the report is proclaimed in the land, for the report will come one year, and then another the next year. There will be violence in the land with ruler against ruler.
- Isaiah 37:7I am about to put a spirit in him and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
- Ezekiel 7:25Anguish is coming! They will look for peace, but there will be none.
- Obadiah 1:1The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord God has said about Edom: We have heard a message from the Lord; an envoy has been sent among the nations: “Rise up, and let’s go to war against her.”
- Matthew 24:6You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.
- Isaiah 18:2which sends envoys by sea, in reed vessels over the water. Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared far and near, a powerful nation with a strange language, whose land is divided by rivers.
- Isaiah 30:4For though his princes are at Zoan and his messengers reach as far as Hanes,
- Jeremiah 50:9For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will line up in battle formation against her; from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
- Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The Lord has roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the Lord’s vengeance, vengeance for his temple.
- Isaiah 13:2Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. Call out to them. Signal with your hand, and they will go through the gates of the nobles.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 49:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I have heard a rumor - The Lord has revealed to me what he is about to do to the Edomites. An ambassador is sent - I believe this means only that God has given permission, and has stirred up the hearts of these nations to go against those whom he has doomed to destruction.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-22Verses 7-22 Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian deserts, and held the same relation to Judah which Moab held toward the kingdom of Israel. Although expressly reserved from attack by Moses Deuteronomy 2:5, a long feud caused the Edomites to cherish so bitter an enmity against Judah, that they exulted with cruel joy over the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans, and showed…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-22Verses 7-22 The Edomites were old enemies to the Israel of God. But their day is now at hand; it is foretold, not only to warn them, but for the sake of the Israel of God, whose afflictions were aggravated by them. Thus Divine judgments go round from nation to nation; the earth is full of commotion, and nothing can escape the ministers of Divine vengeance. The righteousness of God is to be observed amidst the violence of men.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The ambassador could have been an angel sent by God (compare 1 Kings 22:20–22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. (Ob 1-3). ambassador ... unto the heathen--a messenger from God to stir up the Chaldeans against Edom.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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