Jeremiah 49:14
in Jeremiah 49I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
I have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
KJV
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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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
5 notes on this verseHe 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, …
This site's exposition
If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it
on Jeremiah 49:12-18
The cup of wrath from 25:15-29 comes to Edom: if those who do not deserve the cup must drink it, Edom will not go unpunished. Verses 14 to 16 run close to Obadiah 1-4. Verse 18 says of Edom, “no man will abide there,” words used of Babylon in 50:40.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): I have heard a rumour, or report, from the Lord, heard it by the prophecy of Obadiah, heard it by a whisper to myself, that an ambassador, or herald, or messenger, is sent to the Gentiles, who are to lay Edom waste, saying, Gather you together, muster all the forces you can, and come against her; for (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I have heard a rumor - The Lord has revealed to me what he is about to do to the Edomites. An ambassador is sent - I believe this means only that God has given permission, and has stirred up the hearts of these nations to go against those whom he has doomed to destruction.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
that Bozrah shall become desolation, reproach, waste, and a curse Bozrah was one of the cities of Moab, but because it raised up a king for Edom, as the matter is stated, “And Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah” (Gen.:33), it will suffer with them.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁמוּעָ֤ה | shemuah | a report | H8052 → | 27 times |
| שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ | shama'ti | I have heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| מֵאֵ֣ת | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְצִ֖יר | vetzir | and an envoy | H6735 → | |
| בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם | bagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| שָׁל֑וּחַ | shaluach | [has been] sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| הִֽתְקַבְּצוּ֙ | hitkabetzu | gather together | H6908 → | 127 times |
| וּבֹ֣אוּ | uvou | and come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עָלֶ֔יהָ | ʾaleiha | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְק֖וּמוּ | vekumu | and rise up | H6965 → | 628 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
שְׁמוּעָ֤הa report
shemuahH8052 →27 times
שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙I have heard
shama'tiH8085 →1159 times
מֵאֵ֣תfrom with
meetH854 →929 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְצִ֖ירand an envoy
vetzirH6735 →
בַּגּוֹיִ֣םamong the nations
bagoyimH1471 →561 times
שָׁל֑וּחַ[has been] sent
shaluachH7971 →845 times
הִֽתְקַבְּצוּ֙gather together
hitkabetzuH6908 →127 times
וּבֹ֣אוּand come
uvouH935 →2568 times
עָלֶ֔יהָon it
ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times
וְק֖וּמוּand rise up
vekumuH6965 →628 times
לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃for <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 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
Isaiah 30:4For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
it leads to
- Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Jeremiah 43:7
So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
- Isaiah 57:9
You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
- Isaiah 19:11
Through
Jeremiah 51:46Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 19:7
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
- Isaiah 21:2–3
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
- Isaiah 13:3–5
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
- Isaiah 19:2
“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 20:23
The 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.
- 2 Kings 19:7
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 9:49.14.