God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 49:1
1This is what the Lord says about the people of Ammon: Doesn’t Israel have any children? Doesn’t it have any heirs? Why, then, has the god Milcom taken over the inheritance of Gad’s descendants? Why do Milcom’s people live in Gad’s cities?
Jeremiah 49:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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?
- New International Version (NIV)Concerning the Ammonites: This is what the Lord says: “Has Israel no sons? Has Israel no heir? Why then has Molek taken possession of Gad? Why do his people live in its towns?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord: "Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad, and his people settled in its cities?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Against the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Milcom inherit Gad, And his people dwell in its cities?
Context of Jeremiah 49:1
This is what the Lord says about the people of Ammon: Doesn’t Israel have any children? Doesn’t it have any heirs? Why, then, has the god Milcom taken over the inheritance of Gad’s descendants? Why do Milcom’s people live in Gad’s cities? 2That is why the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah, where the people of Ammon live. It will become a pile of rubble. Its villages will be burned down. Then Israel will take possession of its inheritance, says the Lord. 3Cry loudly, Heshbon, because Ai is destroyed. Cry, people of Rabbah, put on your sackcloth, and mourn. Run back and forth between the walls. Milcom will be taken away into captivity with its priests and officials.
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לִבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֗וֹן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הֲבָנִ֥ים אֵין֙ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־יוֹרֵ֖שׁ אֵ֣ין ל֑וֹ מַדּ֗וּעַ יָרַ֤שׁ מַלְכָּם֙ אֶת־גָּ֔ד וְעַמּ֖וֹ בְּעָרָ֥יו יָשָֽׁב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Concerning the Ammonitesעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
- Concerning the Ammonitesבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Hath Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- no sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- hath he no heirיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: possessH3423
- doth their kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · MilcomH4428
- inheritיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
- Gadגָּדgâd · GadH1410
- and his peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- in his citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
Cross-references for Jeremiah 49:1
- Jeremiah 49:7This is what the Lord of Armies says about Edom: Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has wisdom disappeared from your people? Has their wisdom vanished?
- Jeremiah 48:1This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Moab: How horrible it will be for Nebo; it will be destroyed. Kiriathaim will be put to shame; it will be captured. Its stronghold will be put to shame and torn down.
- Jeremiah 25:9so I’m going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, declares the Lord. I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I’m going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.
- Jeremiah 27:3Then send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon, with messengers who have come to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.
- Genesis 19:38The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.
- Deuteronomy 2:19When you come near the Ammonites, don’t bother them or start a fight with them. I’m not giving you any of the land that I have already given to the descendants of Lot as their property.”
- Deuteronomy 23:3Ammonites or Moabites may not join the assembly of the Lord. Not one descendant of theirs may join the assembly of the Lord for ten generations.
- 2 Chronicles 20:1Later the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites came to wage war against Jehoshaphat.
- Psalms 83:7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia, along with those who live in Tyre.
- Ezekiel 21:28“Son of man, prophesy. Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says about the Ammonites and their insults: A sword, a sword is drawn ready to kill. It’s polished to destroy and flash like lightning.
- Ezekiel 25:2“Son of man, turn to the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
- Amos 1:13This is what the Lord says: Because Ammon has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The Ammonites enlarged their territory by ripping open pregnant women in Gilead.
- Zephaniah 2:8“I have heard the insults from Moab and the mockery from Ammon. They insulted my people and bragged about their territory.
- Judges 10:7The Lord became angry with the people of Israel. So he used the Philistines and Ammonites to defeat them.
- Judges 11:13The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When the people of Israel left Egypt, they took my land. It stretched from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and the Jordan River. Now give it back peacefully.”
- 1 Samuel 11:1King Nahash of Ammon was severely oppressing the tribes of Gad and Reuben. He would poke out everyone’s right eye and allow no one to rescue Israel. There was no one among the Israelites east of the Jordan River whose right eye King Nahash of Ammon had not poked out. However, seven thousand men had escaped from the Ammonites and gone to Jabesh Gilead. About a month later Nahash the Ammonite blockaded Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we’ll serve you.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 49:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Concerning the Ammonites - This prophetic discourse was also delivered after the capture of Jerusalem. Hath Israel no sons? - no heir? - The Ammonites, it appears, took advantage of the depressed state of Israel, and invaded their territories in the tribe of Gad, hoping to make them their own for ever. But the prophet intimates that God will preserve the descendants of Israel, and will bring them back to their forfeited inheritances. Why then doth their…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Hath Israel no sons? - i. e., the Ammonites in seizing Gilead have acted as if the country had no rightful owner. The sons of Israel were to return from captivity, and the land was their hereditary property. Their king - Milcom (and in Jeremiah 49:3), see the margin. The Ammonite god stands for the Ammonites just as Chemosh Jeremiah 48:7 is the equivalent of the Moabites. Inherit - i. e., take possession of.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Prophecies relative to the Ammonites. (Jr 49:1-6) The Edomites. (Jr 49:7-22) The Syrians. (Jr 49:23-27) The Kedarenes. (Jr 49:28-33) The Elamites. (Jr 49:34-39) Verses 1-6 . Might often prevails against right among men, yet that might shall be controlled by the Almighty, who judges aright; and those will find themselves mistaken, who, like the Ammonites, think every thing their own on which they can lay their hands. The Lord will call men to account for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1After the northern kingdom of Israel fell in 722 BC, the Ammonites moved into land left by the tribe of Gad. The Ammonites worshiped a fertility god named Molech, meaning "ruler," similar to Baal, meaning "master."Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-39The event of the prophecy as to Ammon preceded that as to Moab (see on Jr 49:3); and in Eze 21:26-28, the destruction of Ammon is subjoined to the deposition of Zedekiah. 1. Hath Israel ... no heir?--namely, to occupy the land of Gad, after it itself has been carried away captive by Shalmaneser. Ammon, like Moab, descended from Lot, lay north of Moab, from which it was separated by the river Arnon, and east of Reuben and Gad (Jos 13:24, 25) on the same…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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