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Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?

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ASV

Of the children of Ammon. Thus saith Jehovah: Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof?

KJV

Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לִבְנֵ֣יliv.Neiof [the] people ofH1121 →
עַמּ֗וֹןa.MonAmmonH5983 →
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הֲבָנִ֥יםha.va.Nim¿ [do] childrenH1121 →
אֵין֙'einnotH369 →
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'El[belong] to IsraelH3478 →
אִם־'im-or?H518 →
יוֹרֵ֖שׁyo.Resh[does] an heirH3423 →
אֵ֣ין'einnotH369 →
ל֑וֹlo[belongs] to <the> it
מַדּ֗וּעַma.Du.a'why?H4069 →
יָרַ֤שׁya.Rashhas he dispossessedH3423 →
מַלְכָּם֙mal.KamMilcomH4428 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
גָּ֔דGadGadH1410 →
וְעַמּ֖וֹve.'a.Moand people hisH5971 →
בְּעָרָ֥יוbe.'a.Ravin cities itsH5892 →
יָשָֽׁב׃ya.Shavhas it dwelt?H3427 →

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Ezekiel 25:2–10“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.Zephaniah 2:8–11“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.Deuteronomy 23:3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.Amos 1:13–15This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.Jeremiah 49:7Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?Ezekiel 21:28–32Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—Jeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;2 Chronicles 20:1After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.Zephaniah 2:8“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.Ezekiel 36:2This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.1 Samuel 11:1–3Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!2 Chronicles 20:23The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.Psalms 9:6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.2 Kings 10:33from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.Jeremiah 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.Deuteronomy 2:19But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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