Jeremiah 49:3

Jeremiah 49:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
• New International Version (NIV)“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; rush here and there inside the walls, for Molek will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the hedges! For Milcom shall go into exile, with his priests and his officials.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah, Gird yourselves with sackcloth! Lament and run to and fro by the walls; For Milcom shall go into captivity With his priests and his princes together.

Context of Jeremiah 49:3

1About the Ammonites, this is what the Lord says: Does Israel have no sons? Is he without an heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad and his people settled in their cities? 2Therefore look, the days are coming — this is the Lord’s declaration — when I will make the shout of battle heard against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a desolate mound, and its surrounding villages will be set on fire. Israel will dispossess their dispossessors, says the Lord. Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is devastated; cry out, daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and lament; run back and forth within your walls, because Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials. 4Why do you boast about your valleys, your flowing valley, you faithless daughter — you who trust in your treasures and say, “Who can attack me?” 5Look, I am about to bring terror on you — this is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies — from all those around you. You will be banished, each person headlong, with no one to gather up the fugitives.

Jeremiah 49:3 word by word

הֵילִ֨ילִי חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן כִּ֣י שֻׁדְּדָה־עַ֗י צְעַקְנָה֮ בְּנ֣וֹת רַבָּה֒ חֲגֹ֣רְנָה שַׂקִּ֔ים סְפֹ֕דְנָה וְהִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָה בַּגְּדֵר֑וֹת כִּ֤י מַלְכָּם֙ בַּגּוֹלָ֣ה יֵלֵ֔ךְ כֹּהֲנָ֥יו וְשָׂרָ֖יו יַחְדָּֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• O Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
• for Aiעַי‛ay ‛ayâ' ‛ayâth · AiH5857
• is spoiledשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• cryצָעַקtsâ‛aq · to cryH6817
• ye daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Rabbahרַבָּהrabbâh · RabbahH7237
• girdחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• you with sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
• lamentסָפַדsâphad · to mournH5594
• and run to and froשׁוּטshûţ · to roveH7751
• by the hedgesגְּדֵרָהgedêrâh · wallH1448
• for their kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · MilcomH4428
• shall goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• into captivityגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
• his priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and his princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162

Cross-references for Jeremiah 49:3

• Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
• Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered. Wail for her; get balm for her wound — perhaps she can be healed.
• Isaiah 13:6Wail! For the day of the Lord is near. It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Isaiah 14:31Wail, you gates! Cry out, city! Tremble with fear, all Philistia! For a cloud of dust is coming from the north, and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.
• Isaiah 15:2Dibon went up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba. Every head is shaved; every beard is chopped short.
• Isaiah 16:7Therefore let Moab wail; let every one of them wail for Moab. You who are completely devastated, mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
• Isaiah 23:1A pronouncement concerning Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your haven has been destroyed. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
• James 5:1Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.
• Jeremiah 4:8Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the Lord’s burning anger has not turned away from us.
• Jeremiah 6:26My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in the dust. Mourn as you would for an only son, a bitter lament, for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.
• Jeremiah 48:37Indeed, every head is bald and every beard is chopped short. On every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
• Isaiah 32:11Shudder, you complacent ones; tremble, you overconfident ones! Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
• Job 30:3Emaciated from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, the desolate wasteland by night.
• Jeremiah 49:1About the Ammonites, this is what the Lord says: Does Israel have no sons? Is he without an heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad and his people settled in their cities?
• 1 Kings 11:5Solomon followed Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites.
• Zephaniah 1:5those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the stars in the sky; those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;

Commentaries on Jeremiah 49:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Run to and fro by the hedges - It is supposed that this may refer to the women making lamentations for the dead, that were in general buried by the walls of their gardens; but others think that it refers to the smaller cities or villages, called here the daughters of Rabbah, the metropolis; the inhabitants of which are exhorted to seek safety somewhere else, as none can be expected from them, now that the enemy is at hand.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Ai - Not the town on the west of the Jordan Joshua 7:2; a place not mentioned elsewhere. For Ai some read Ar. Hedges - Fields were not divided by hedges until recent times; the term probably means the walls which enclose the vineyards Numbers 22:24.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Ammonites might have believed their deity, Molech, was powerful. However, the invader would take this idol, along with its priests and officials, into exile. Their ritual magic would be revealed as fake.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Heshbon ... Ai--Nebuchadnezzar, coming from the north, first attacked Ammon, then its brother and neighbor, Moab. As Ai of Ammon had already suffered destruction, Heshbon of Moab being near it might well fear the same fate. hedges--Their cities being destroyed, the outcasts have no place of shelter save behind the "hedges" of vineyards and gardens; or else the enclosures of their villages. their king--Melchom, the idol, as the mention of "his priests"…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 49:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Ai
• Ammonites
• Hedge
• Heshbon
• Rabbah
• Sackcloth

In the dictionaries

• Ai
• Heshbon
• Rabbah
• Ammonite
• Conceive
• Dwelling
• Heir
• Jehoiakim
• Malcam
• Move

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