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Jeremiah 49:2

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

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KJV King James Version

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.

WEB World English Bible

Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess those who possessed him, says Yahweh.

ASV American Standard Version

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess them that did possess him, saith Jehovah.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sounded unto Rabbah of the sons of Ammon a shout of battle, And it hath been for a heap—a desolation, And her daughters with fire are burnt, And Israel hath succeeded its heirs, Said hath Jehovah.

Surrounding context — Jeremiah 49

1 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?

2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

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.

4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come unto me?

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.

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לָכֵ֡ןH3651 · kenright הִנֵּה֩H2009 · hin.nehbehold יָמִ֨יםH3117 · yomday בָּאִ֜יםH935 · boto come (in): come נְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutterance יְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD וְ֠הִשְׁמַעְתִּיH8085 · sha.mato hear: hear אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)רַבַּ֨תH7237 · rab.bahRabbah בְּנֵי־H1121 · benson: child עַמּ֜וֹןH5983 · am.monAmmon תְּרוּעַ֣תH8643 · te.ru.ahshout מִלְחָמָ֗הH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattle וְהָֽיְתָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto be לְתֵ֣לH8510 · telmound שְׁמָמָ֔הH8077 · she.ma.mahdevastation וּבְנֹתֶ֖יהָH1323 · batdaughter בָּאֵ֣שׁH784 · eshfire תִּצַּ֑תְנָהH3341 · ya.tsatto kindle וְיָרַ֧שׁH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possess יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יֹרְשָׁ֖יוH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possess אָמַ֥רH559 · a.marto say יְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD

Cross-references

Jeremiah 4:19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.Ezekiel 21:20Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.Deuteronomy 3:11For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.Amos 1:14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:Ezekiel 25:4-6Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.2 Samuel 11:1And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.Psalm 97:8Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.Psalm 48:11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.Ezekiel 16:46-55And thine elder sister [is] Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters.Joshua 13:24-25And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the tribe of Gad, [even] unto the children of Gad according to their families.Numbers 21:25And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.Isaiah 14:1-3For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.2 Samuel 12:27-29And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.Jeremiah 49:1Concerning 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?Obadiah 1:19And [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead.

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