Jeremiah 49:1

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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)This message was given concerning the Ammonites. This is what the Lord says: “Are there no descendants of Israel to inherit the land of Gad? Why are you, who worship Molech, living in its towns?

Context of Jeremiah 49:1

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? 2But the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites; it will become a mound of ruins, and its surrounding villages will be set on fire. Then Israel will drive out those who drove her out,” says the Lord. 3“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.

Jeremiah 49:1 word by word

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 49:7Concerning Edom: This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
• Jeremiah 48:1Concerning Moab: This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined. Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured; the stronghold will be disgraced and shattered.
• Jeremiah 25:9I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin.
• Jeremiah 27:3Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
• Genesis 19:38The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.
• Deuteronomy 2:19When you come to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to war, for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites. I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.”
• Deuteronomy 23:3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.
• 2 Chronicles 20:1After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites came to wage war against Jehoshaphat.
• Psalms 83:7Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
• Ezekiel 21:28“And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about the Ammonites and their insults: “ ‘A sword, a sword, drawn for the slaughter, polished to consume and to flash like lightning!
• Ezekiel 25:2“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
• Amos 1:13This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders,
• Zephaniah 2:8“I have heard the insults of Moab and the taunts of the Ammonites, who insulted my people and made threats against their land.
• Judges 10:7he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,
• Judges 11:13The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, all the way to the Jordan. Now give it back peaceably.”
• 1 Samuel 11:1Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will be subject to 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 49:1

• Ammonites
• Gad
• Heshbon

In the dictionaries

• Gad
• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Ammonite
• Conceive
• Dwelling
• Heir
• Jehoiakim
• Malcam

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