Jeremiah 49:3

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Howl	הֵילִ֨ילִי hei.Li.li	H3213	to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterou… · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
Heshbon	חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן chesh.Bon	H2809	Cheshbon · proper noun, a place name
Ai	עַ֗י 'Ai	H5857	Ai · proper noun, a place name
spoiled	שֻׁדְּדָה shu.de.dah-	H7703	properly · verb, pual perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
cry	צְעַקְנָה֮ tze.'ak.Nah	H6817	to shriek · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine plural
daughters	בְּנ֣וֹת be.Not	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine plural construct
Rabbah	רַבָּה֒ ra.Bah	H7237	Rabbah · proper noun, a place name
gird	חֲגֹ֣רְנָה cha.Go.re.nah	H2296	to gird on (as a belt · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine plural
sackcloth	שַׂקִּ֔ים sa.Kim	H8242	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
lament	סְפֹ֕דְנָה se.Fo.de.nah	H5594	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine plural
fro	וְהִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָה ve.hit.sho.Tat.nah	H7751	properly · conjunction + verb, hithpael imperative, 2nd person feminine plural
hedges	בַּגְּדֵר֑וֹת ba.ge.de.Rot	H1448	enclosure (especially for flocks) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
king	מַלְכָּם֙ mal.Kam	H4428	a king · proper noun, a title
go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
captivity	בַּגּוֹלָ֣ה ba.go.Lah	H1473	exile · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
priests	כֹּהֲנָ֥יו ko.ha.Nav	H3548	literally one officiating · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
princes	וְשָׂרָ֖יו ve.sa.Rav	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
together	יַחְדָּֽיו yach.Dav	H3162	properly · adverb

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with hi…
Isaiah 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be bal…
Jeremiah 48:37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
1 Kings 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom…
2 Kings 23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel ha…
Jeremiah 4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Jeremiah 46:25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their k…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:1-6

The Ammonites were next, both in kindred and neighbourhood, to the Moabites, and therefore are next set to the bar. Their country joined to that of the two tribes and a half, on the other side Jordan, and was but a bad neighbour; however, being a neighbour, they shall have a share in these circular predictions. 1. An action is here brought, in God's name, against the Ammonites, for an illegal encroachment upon the rightful possessions of the tribe of Gad, that lay next them, Jer 49:1. A writ of enquiry is brought to discover what title they had to those territories, which, upon the carrying away of the Gileadites, by the king of Assyria (Kg2 15:29, Ch1 5:26), were left almost dispeopled, at…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 49:3

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" shows (compare Jer 48:7).

John Gill on Jeremiah 49:3

Howl, O Heshbon,.... Which was a city of Moab, though it formerly belonged to the Amorites; see Jeremiah 48:2; it was upon the border of Ammon, and near to Ai, now destroyed; and therefore is called upon to howl and lament, because its destruction also was near at hand, and might be expected; hence Kimchi gathers, that the Ammonites were destroyed before the Moabites: but some have thought that Heshbon was a double city, divided by a river, which ran through it; and that that city which was on one side of the river belonged to Moab, and that on the other side to Ammon: for Ai is spoiled; not that which was near Jericho in the land of Canaan, but a city in the land of Ammon, thought to be th…

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John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Ai — Ruins. (1.) One of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 10:1; Gen. 12:8; 13:3). It was the scene of Joshua’s defeat, and afterwards of his victory. It was the second Canaanite city taken by…
Ammonite — The usual name of the descendants of Ammon, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:38). From the very beginning (Deut. 2:16-20) of their history till they are lost sight of (Judg. 5:2), this tribe is closely…
Jehoiakim — He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (B.C. 610-599). His original name was Eliakim (q.v.). On the death of his…
Malcam — (2 Sam. 12:30, Heb., R.V., “their king;” Jer. 49:1, 3, R.V.; Zeph. 1:5), the national idol of the Ammonites. When Rabbah was taken by David, the crown of this idol was among the spoils. The weight is…
Molech — (king). The fire-god Molech was the tutelary deity of the children of Ammon, and essentially identical with the Moabitish Chemosh. Fire-gods appear to have been common to all the Canaanite, Syrian…
Rabbah — Or Rab’bath, great. (1.) “Rabbath of the children of Ammon,” the chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams which…
Afflictions Of The Wicked, The · Produce slavish fear — Produce slavish fear
Ai · 2. A city of the Ammonites — 2. A city of the Ammonites
Ammonites · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Ammonites, The · Chief cities of: Rabbah — Chief cities of: Rabbah
Hedge · A fence — A fence

Jeremiah 49:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 49:3

John Gill on Jeremiah 49:3

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 49:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 49:3

John Gill on Jeremiah 49:3

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 49:1-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 49:3

Rashi on Jeremiah 49:3