Concerning the Ammonites.Thus said GOD:Has Israel no sons,Has he no heir?Then why has MilcomaMilcom The name of the Ammonite deity; vocalized Malcam here and in v. 3. dispossessed Gad,And why have his people settled in Gad’sbGad’s Heb. “his.” towns?
Assuredly, days are coming—declares GOD—When I will sound the alarm of warAgainst Rabbah of the Ammonites;It shall become a desolate mound,And its villages shall be set on fire.And Israel shall dispossessThose who dispossessed him—said GOD.
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is ravaged!Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah!Gird on sackcloth, lament,And run to and fro in the sheepfolds.cAnd run to and fro in the sheepfolds Meaning of Heb. uncertain. For Milcom shall go into exile,Together with his priests and attendants.
Why do you glory in strength,Your strength is drained,dWhy … drained Meaning of Heb. uncertain; for “strength” cf. Akkadian emuqu. O rebellious daughter,You who relied on your treasures,[Who said:] Who dares attack me?
I am bringing terror upon you—declares my Sovereign GOD of Hosts—From all those around you.Every one of you shall be driven in every direction,ein every direction Lit. “straight ahead.” And none shall gather in the fugitives.
Word-by-Word Analysis
הנני
115
מביא
53
עליך
130
פחד
92
נאםאדני
156
יהוה
26
צבאות
499
מכלסביביך
194
ונדחתם
508
איש
311
לפניו
176
ואין
67
מקבץ
232
לנדד
88
Jeremiah 49:6
Gematria: 2142
ואחריכןאשיבאתשבותבניעמוןנאםיהוהפ
But afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites—declares GOD.
Concerning Edom.Thus said GOD of Hosts:Is there no more wisdom in Teman?Has counsel vanished from the prudent?Has their wisdom gone stale?
Word-by-Word Analysis
לאדום
81
כה
25
אמר
241
יהוה
26
צבאות
499
האין
66
עוד
80
חכמה
73
בתימן
502
אבדה
12
עצה
165
מבנים
142
נסרחה
323
חכמתם
508
Jeremiah 49:8
Gematria: 3625
נסוהפנוהעמיקולשבתישבידדןכיאידעשוהבאתיעליועתפקדתיו
Flee, turn away, sit down low,O inhabitants of Dedan,For I am bringing Esau’s doom upon him,The time when I deal with him.
Word-by-Word Analysis
נסו
116
הפנו
141
העמיקו
231
לשבת
732
ישבי
322
דדן
58
כי
30
איד
15
עשו
376
הבאתי
418
עליו
116
עת
470
פקדתיו
600
Jeremiah 49:9
Gematria: 2538
אםבצריםבאולךלאישארועוללותאםגנביםבלילההשחיתודים
If vintagers were to come upon you,Would they leave no gleanings?Even thieves in the nightWould destroy only for their needs!fIf vintagers were to come upon you, / Would they leave no gleanings? / Even thieves in the night / Would destroy only for their needs! Cf. Obad. 1.5: “If thieves were to come to you, / Marauders by night, / They would steal no more than they needed. / If vintagers came to you, / They would surely leave some gleanings.”
But it is I who have bared Esau,Have exposed his place of concealment;He cannot hide.His offspring is ravaged,His kin and his neighbors—He is no more.gHe is no more Some Septuagint mss. read “And there is none to say.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
כיאני
91
חשפתי
798
אתעשו
777
גליתי
453
אתמסתריו
1117
ונחבה
71
לא
31
יוכל
66
שדד
308
זרעו
283
ואחיו
31
ושכניו
392
ואיננו
123
Jeremiah 49:11
Gematria: 1807
עזבהיתמיךאניאחיהואלמנותיךעליתבטחוס
“Leave your orphans with me,I will rear them;Let your widows rely on me!”
For thus said GOD: If they who rightly should not drink of the cup must drink it, are you the one to go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished: you will have to drink!
For by Myself I swear—declares GOD—Bozrah shall become a desolation, a mockery, a ruin, and a curse;ha curse Cf. note at 24.9 and 42.18. and all its towns shall be ruins for all time.
Your horrible nature,iYour horrible nature Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Your arrogant heart has seduced you,You who dwell in clefts of the rock,Who occupy the height of the hill!Should you nest as high as the eagle,From there I will pull you down—declares GOD.
Word-by-Word Analysis
תפלצתך
1020
השיא
316
אתך
421
זדון
67
לבך
52
שכני
380
בחגוי
29
הסלע
165
תפשי
790
מרום
286
גבעה
80
כיתגביה
450
כנשר
570
קנך
170
משם
380
אורידך
241
נאםיהוה
117
Jeremiah 49:17
Gematria: 2876
והיתהאדוםלשמהכלעברעליהישםוישרקעלכלמכותה
And Edom shall be a cause of appallment; whoever passes by will be appalled and will hissjhiss Cf. note at 18.16. at all its wounds.
It shall be as when a lion comes up out of the jungle of the Jordan against a secure pasture: in a moment I can harry him out of it and appoint over it anyone I choose.kI can harry him out of it and appoint over it anyone I choose Emendation yields “he can harry them [i.e., the sheep] out of it; and what champion could one place in charge of them?” Then who is like Me? Who can summon Me? Who is the shepherd that can stand up against Me?
Hear, then, the plan that GOD has devised against Edom, and what has been purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:Surely the shepherd boysShall drag them away;Surely the pasture shall beAghast because of them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
לכן
100
שמעו
416
עצתיהוה
586
אשר
501
יעץ
170
אלאדום
82
ומחשבותיו
778
אשר
501
חשב
310
אלישבי
353
תימן
500
אםלוא
78
יסחבום
126
צעירי
380
הצאן
146
אםלא
72
ישים
360
עליהם
155
נוהם
101
Jeremiah 49:21
Gematria: 2311
מקולנפלםרעשההארץצעקהביםסוףנשמעקולה
At the sound of their downfallThe earth shall shake;The sound of screamingShall be heard at the Sea of Reeds.
See, like an eagle he flies up,He soars and spreads his wings against Bozrah;And the heart of Edom’s warriors in that dayShall be like the heart of a woman in travail.
Concerning Damascus.Hamath and Arpad are shamed,For they have heard bad news.They shake with anxiety,LikelLike So a few mss. Most mss. and editions read “In.” the sea that cannot rest.
Word-by-Word Analysis
לדמשק
474
בושה
313
חמת
448
וארפד
291
כישמעה
445
רעה
275
שמעו
416
נמגו
99
בים
52
דאגה
13
השקט
414
לא
31
יוכל
66
Jeremiah 49:24
Gematria: 3061
רפתהדמשקהפנתהלנוסורטטהחזיקהצרהוחבליםאחזתהכיולדה
Damascus has grown weak,She has turned around to flee;Trembling has seized her,Pain and anguish have taken hold of her,Like a woman in childbirth.
Word-by-Word Analysis
רפתה
685
דמשק
444
הפנתה
540
לנוס
146
ורטטהחזיקה
359
צרה
295
וחבלים
96
אחזתה
421
כיולדה
75
Jeremiah 49:25
Gematria: 3067
איךלאעזבהעירתהלהתהלתקריתמשושי
How has the glorious city not been deserted,mHow has the glorious city not been deserted Emendation yields “How has the glorious city been deserted”; so Vulgate. The citadel of my joy!
Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon conquered.Thus said GOD:Arise, march against Kedar,And ravage the Kedemites!
They will take away their tents and their flocks,Their tent cloths and all their gear;They shall carry off their camels,And shall proclaim against them:Terror all around!
Flee, wander far,Sit down low, O inhabitants of Hazor—says GOD.For King Nebuchadrezzar of BabylonHas devised a plan against youAnd formed a purpose against you:
Their camels shall become booty,And their abundant flocks a spoil;And I will scatter to every quarterThose who have their hair clipped;And from every direction I will bringDisaster upon them—says GOD.
And I shall bring four winds against Elam from the four quarters of heaven, and scatter them to all those winds. There shall not be a nation to which the fugitives from Elam do not come.
And I will break Elam before their enemies, before those who seek their lives; and I will bring disaster upon them, My flaming wrath—declares GOD. And I will dispatch the sword after them until I have consumed them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והחתתי
829
אתעילם
551
לפני
170
איביהם
68
ולפני
176
מבקשי
452
נפשם
470
והבאתי
424
עליהםרעה
430
אתחרון
665
אפי
91
נאםיהוה
117
ושלחתי
754
אחריהם
264
אתהחרב
616
עד
74
כלותי
466
אותם
447
Jeremiah 49:38
Gematria: 2570
ושמתיכסאיבעילםוהאבדתימשםמלךושריםנאםיהוה
And I will set My throne in Elam,And wipe out from there king and officials—says GOD.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ושמתי
756
כסאי
91
בעילם
152
והאבדתי
428
משם
380
מלך
90
ושרים
556
נאםיהוה
117
Jeremiah 49:39
Gematria: 3542
והיהבאחריתהימיםאשובאשיבאתשבותשביתעילםנאםיהוהפ
But in the days to come I will restore the fortunes of Elam—declares GOD.