Jeremiah 49:6
in Jeremiah 49Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.
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ASV
But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith Jehovah.
KJV
And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAfterward I will bring again - The Ammonites are supposed to have returned with the Moabites and Israelites, on permission given by the edict of Cyrus.
This site's exposition
Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir?
on Jeremiah 49:1-6
Ammon had seized Gadite territory east of the Jordan after Assyria carried that tribe into exile (2 Kings 15:29), and the opening question exposes the seizure as opportunism rather than any real claim, since Israel still had heirs to the land. Milcom, the Ammonite king-god also called Molech, is named as having no true title to what he holds, and the judgment falls on Rabbah, the capital city known today as Amman. Verse 6 closes the oracle with the same restoration formula given to Moab in 48:47, afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, mercy extended even inside a chapter built on judgment.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And afterwards I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
For the sake of "righteous" Lot their progenitor. Partially fulfilled under Cyrus; in gospel times more fully.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
In 1 Macc. 5:6, 7, the Ammonites appear again as a powerful nation.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַחֲרֵי־ | veacharei- | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| כֵ֗ן | khen | thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| אָשִׁ֛יב | ʾashiv | I will turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁב֥וּת | shevut | [the] captivity of | H7622 → | 32 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמּ֖וֹן | amon | Ammon | H5983 → | 106 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְאַחֲרֵי־and after
veacharei-H310 →715 times
כֵ֗ןthus
khenH3651 →771 times
אָשִׁ֛יבI will turn back
ʾashivH7725 →1056 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁב֥וּת[the] captivity of
shevutH7622 →32 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
עַמּ֖וֹןAmmon
amonH5983 →106 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 48:47Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 49:39
“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 49:39
Through
Jeremiah 49:39“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 48:47
Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 48:47
Through
Jeremiah 46:26I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 44:30
This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into…
- Ezekiel 32:11
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
- Jeremiah 44:30
Through
Isaiah 23:18Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food…
it leads to
- Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
- Deuteronomy 26:12–14
When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and…
- Philippians 4:17–18
Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
- Psalms 72:10
Through
Ezekiel 16:53But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 39:25
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
- Ezekiel 39:25
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).