New American Standard Bible 1995
Jeremiah 49:3
3“Wail, O 1Heshbon, for 2Ai has been destroyed! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah, 3Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, And rush back and forth inside the walls; For 4Malcam will 5go into exile Together with his priests and his princes.
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
1Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says the Lord: “Does Israel have no sons? Or has he no heirs? Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad And his people settled in its cities? 2Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “That I will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heard Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon; And it will become a desolate heap, And her towns will be set on fire. Then Israel will take possession of his possessors,” Says the Lord. “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah, Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, And rush back and forth inside the walls; For Malcam will go into exile Together with his priests and his princes. 4How boastful you are about the valleys! Your valley is flowing away, O backsliding daughter Who trusts in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come against me?’ 5Behold, I am going to bring terror upon you,” Declares the Lord God of hosts, “From all directions around you; And each of you will be driven out headlong, With no one to gather the fugitives together.
Read all of Jeremiah 49Jeremiah 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
- Wailיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
- Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
- Aiעַי‛ay ‛ayâ' ‛ayâth · AiH5857
- has been destroyedשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
- Cryצָעַקtsâ‛aq · to cryH6817
- out, O daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- of Rabbahרַבָּהrabbâh · RabbahH7237
- Girdחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
- with sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
- and lamentסָפַדsâphad · to mournH5594
- And rushשׁוּטshûţ · to roveH7751
- inside the wallsגְּדֵרָהgedêrâh · wallH1448
- Malcamמַלְכָּםmalkâm milkôm · MalcamH4445
- goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- into exileגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
- with his priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- and his princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
Cross-references for Jeremiah 49:3
- Jeremiah 48:20Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed.
- Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
- Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the day of the Lord is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Isaiah 14:31Wail, O gate; cry, O city; Melt away, O Philistia, all of you; For smoke comes from the north, And there is no straggler in his ranks.
- Isaiah 15:2They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, even to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba; Everyone’s head is bald and every beard is cut off.
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail. You will moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth As those who are utterly stricken.
- Isaiah 23:1The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house or harbor; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus.
- James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
- Jeremiah 4:8For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us.”
- Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth And roll in ashes; Mourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us.
- Jeremiah 48:37For every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.
- Isaiah 32:11Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent daughters; Strip, undress and put sackcloth on your waist,
- Job 30:3From want and famine they are gaunt Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
- Jeremiah 49:1Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says the Lord: “Does Israel have no sons? Or has he no heirs? Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad And his people settled in its cities?
- 1 Kings 11:5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites.
- Zephaniah 1:5And those who bow down on the housetops to the host of heaven, And those who bow down and swear to the Lord and yet swear by 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
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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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