Jeremiah 49:14

I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
heard	שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ sha.Ma'.ti	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
rumour	שְׁמוּעָ֤ה she.mu.'Ah	H8052	something heard · noun, common feminine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
ambassador	וְצִ֖יר ve.Tzir	H6735	a hinge (as pressed in turning) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sent	שָׁל֑וּחַ sha.Lu.ach	H7971	to send away · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
heathen	בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם ba.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
together	הִֽתְקַבְּצוּ֙ hit.ka.be.Tzu	H6908	to grasp · verb, hithpael imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
come	וּבֹ֣אוּ u.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
up	וְק֖וּמוּ ve.Ku.mu	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
battle	לַמִּלְחָמָֽה la.mil.cha.Mah	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 30:4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
Isaiah 13:2-3 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
Isaiah 18:2-3 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered an…
Isaiah 37:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in h…
Jeremiah 50:9-16 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselve…
Jeremiah 51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon,…
Jeremiah 51:27-28 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdom…
Jeremiah 51:46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:7-22

The Edomites come next to receive their doom from God, by the mouth of Jeremiah: they also were old enemies to the Israel of God; but their day will come to be reckoned with, and it is now at hand, and is foretold, not only for warning to them, but for comfort to the Israel of God, whose afflictions were very much aggravated by their triumphs over them and joy in their calamity, Psa 137:7. Many of the expressions used in this prophecy concerning Edom are borrowed from the prophecy of Obadiah, which is concerning Edom; for, all the prophets being inspired by one and the same Spirit, there must needs be a wonderful harmony and agreement in their predictions. Now here it is foretold, I. That th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 49:14

(Oba 1:1-3). ambassador . . . unto the heathen--a messenger from God to stir up the Chaldeans against Edom.

John Gill on Jeremiah 49:14

I have heard a rumour from the Lord,.... "A hearing" (l); or a report concerning the destruction of Edom, made to him in a dream or vision, by the spirit of God, as a spirit of prophecy: and an ambassador is sent to the Heathen; or a messenger; Jeremiah the prophet, as some; or an angel, as Kimchi suggests, sent to gather the nations to war against Bozrah; or a divine impulse, as others, with which the Chaldeans were impressed; which was as a voice to them, saying, gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle; get your forces together, and come against Bozrah or Edom, to invade and subdue it; attack it in a military way, not doubting of victory; see Obadiah 1:1. (l)…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 49:14

Jeremiah 49:14 14. I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 14. Auditum (hoc est, sermonem) audivimus a Jehova, et nuntius ad gentes missus est, Congregamini (vel, congregate vos,) et venite super eam, surgite ad praelium. The Prophet again shews that God would be the author of the calamity of which he speaks; for if things were viewed by men, no one could have thought that the Idumeans could in so short a time be destroyed. It was therefore necessary for the faithful to raise upwards their minds. And this the Prophet had in view when he said that all this would be from God…

The Church Fathers

He used the phrase "he sent messengers to the nations" to mean "command." It is also likely that by divine command ministering angels stirred up the enemy. Remember that the divine David also says, "He sent forth on them the wrath of his anger; anger, wrath and distress, a dispatch by means of wicked angels." He calls them "wicked," not as such by nature but as communicating punishment as a benefit. We, too, are in the habit of calling the calamities that befall us evil. Likewise an angel wiped out the firstborn of the Egyptians. In the same way, other calamities were sent against Israel when David took a census of the people. There are many other such examples you could find in the divine Scripture.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 9:49.14

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Dictionary and topics

Ambassador — In the Old Testament the Hebrew word tsir, meaning “one who goes on an errand,” is rendered thus (Josh. 9:4; Prov. 13:17; Isa. 18:2; Jer. 49:14; Obad. 1:1). This is also the rendering of melits,…
Edom — (1.) The name of Esau (q.v.), Gen. 25:30, “Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage [Heb. haadom, haadom, i.e., ‘the red pottage, the red pottage’] ...Therefore was his name called Edom”,…
Heathen, The · Employed to chastise the Church — Employed to chastise the Church

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Jeremiah 49:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:7-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 49:14

John Gill on Jeremiah 49:14

John Calvin on Jeremiah 49:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 49:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:7-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 49:14

John Gill on Jeremiah 49:14

John Calvin on Jeremiah 49:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 49:7-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 49:14

Rashi on Jeremiah 49:13