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Jeremiah 49:5 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 49 · verse 5
Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.Jeremiah 49:5 · King James Version
Jeremiah 49:5 in context
3Howl, 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.
4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
5Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
6And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
7Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- aboutçâbîyba circle, neighbour, or environsH5439 →
- forthpânîymthe faceH6440 →
- fearpachada alarmH6343 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6