New King James Version
Jeremiah 49:3
3“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.
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 Living Translation (NLT)“Cry out, O Heshbon, for the town of Ai is destroyed. Weep, O people of Rabbah! Put on your clothes of mourning. Weep and wail, hiding in the hedges, for your god Molech, with his priests and officials, will be hauled off to distant lands.
Context of Jeremiah 49:3
1Against 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? 2Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war In Rabbah of the Ammonites; It shall be a desolate mound, And her villages shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance,” says the Lord. “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. 4Why do you boast in the valleys, Your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? Who trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come against me?’ 5Behold, I will bring fear upon you,” Says the Lord God of hosts, “From all those who are around you; You shall be driven out, everyone headlong, And no one will gather those who wander off.
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
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 shamed, for he is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.
- Jeremiah 51:8Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
- Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Isaiah 14:31Wail, O gate! Cry, O city! All you of Philistia are dissolved; For smoke will come from the north, And no one will be alone in his appointed times.”
- Isaiah 15:2He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off.
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely they are stricken.
- Isaiah 23:1The burden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
- James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
- Jeremiah 4:8For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, Lament and wail. For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us.
- Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.
- Jeremiah 48:37“For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped; On all the hands shall be cuts, and on the loins sackcloth—
- Isaiah 32:11Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent ones; Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, And gird sackcloth on your waists.
- Job 30:3They are gaunt from want and famine, Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
- Jeremiah 49:1Against 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?
- 1 Kings 11:5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- Zephaniah 1:5Those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord, But who also 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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