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Jeremiah 49

Jer. 49:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Howl
yalal (Hebrew #3213)
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV usage: (make to) howl, be howling.
Pronounce: yaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
, O Heshbon
Cheshbown (Hebrew #2809)
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Heshbon.
Pronounce: khesh-bone'
Origin: the same as 2808
, for Ai
`Ay (Hebrew #5857)
or eAyath (Isaiah 10:28) {ah-yawth'}; for 5856; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
Pronounce: ah'ee
Origin: or (feminine) uAya( (Neh. 11:31) {ah-yaw'}
is spoiled
shadad (Hebrew #7703)
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
KJV usage: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), X utterly, (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
: cry
tsa`aq (Hebrew #6817)
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
KJV usage: X at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
Pronounce: tsaw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
, ye daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of Rabbah
Rabbah (Hebrew #7237)
great; Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West
KJV usage: Rabbah, Rabbath.
Pronounce: rab-baw'
Origin: feminine of 7227
, gird
chagar (Hebrew #2296)
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
KJV usage: be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, X on every side.
Pronounce: khaw-gar'
Origin: a primitive root
you with sackcloth
saq (Hebrew #8242)
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)
KJV usage: sack(-cloth, -clothes).
Pronounce: sak
Origin: from 8264
; lament
caphad (Hebrew #5594)
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
KJV usage: lament, mourn(-er), wail.
Pronounce: saw-fad'
Origin: a primitive root
, and run to and fro
shuwt (Hebrew #7751)
properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
KJV usage: go (about, through, to and fro), mariner, rower, run to and fro.
Pronounce: shoot
Origin: a primitive root
by the hedges
gderah (Hebrew #1448)
enclosure (especially for flocks)
KJV usage: (sheep-) cote (fold) hedge, wall.
Pronounce: ghed-ay-raw'
Origin: feminine of 1447
; for ρtheir king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
shall go
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
into captivity
gowlah (Hebrew #1473)
active participle feminine of 1540; exile; concretely and collectively exiles
KJV usage: (carried away), captive(-ity), removing.
Pronounce: go-law'
Origin: or (shortened) golah {go-law'}
, and his priests
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
and his princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
together
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
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or, Melcom,
1 Kings 11:5,33• 5And Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
 33because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my sight, and my statutes and mine ordinances, as David his father. (1 Kings 11:5,33)
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Ai; Hai,
Captivity,
Daughter,
Hedge,
Heshbon,
Kings,
Priest; Priesthood,
Prince; Princess,
Rabbah; Rabbath,
sackcloth,
To Spoil

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Howl.
Jer. 48:20• 20Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. (Jer. 48:20)
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Jer. 51:8• 8Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. (Jer. 51:8)
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Isa. 13:6• 6Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty. (Isa. 13:6)
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Isa. 14:31• 31Howl, O gate! cry, O city! thou, Philistia, art wholly dissolved; for there cometh from the north a smoke, and none remaineth apart in his gatherings of troops. (Isa. 14:31)
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Isa. 15:2• 2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; Moab howleth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off. (Isa. 15:2)
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Isa. 16:7• 7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab; every one of them shall howl. For the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn, verily afflicted. (Isa. 16:7)
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Isa. 23:1,6• 1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish! for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, none entering in. From the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
 6Pass over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast! (Isa. 23:1,6)
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James 5:1• 1Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you. (James 5:1)
gird.
Jer. 4:8• 8For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us. (Jer. 4:8)
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Jer. 6:26• 26Daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes: make mourning, as for an only son--bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us. (Jer. 6:26)
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Jer. 48:37• 37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. (Jer. 48:37)
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Isa. 32:11‑12• 11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth on your loins!
 12They shall smite on the breasts in lamentation for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vineyards. (Isa. 32:11‑12)
run.
Job 30:3‑7• 3Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert:
 4They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.
 5They are driven forth from among men--they cry after them as after a thief--
 6To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:
 7They bray among the bushes; under the brambles they are gathered together: (Job 30:3‑7)
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Isa. 15:2• 2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; Moab howleth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off. (Isa. 15:2)
their king.
or, Melcom.
Jer. 49:1• 1Concerning the children of Ammon. Thus saith Jehovah: Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? Why is Malcam heir of Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof? (Jer. 49:1)
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1 Kings 11:5,33• 5And Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
 33because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my sight, and my statutes and mine ordinances, as David his father. (1 Kings 11:5,33)
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2 Kings 23:13• 13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. (2 Kings 23:13)
Milcom.
Zeph. 1:5• 5and them that bow down to the host of the heavens upon the housetops; and them that bow down to Jehovah, that swear by him, and swear by Malcham; (Zeph. 1:5)
Malcham.shall go.
Jer. 46:25• 25Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith, Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, and her gods, and her kings; yea, Pharaoh and them that confide in him. (Jer. 46:25)
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Jer. 48:7• 7For because thou hast confided in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken, and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together. (Jer. 48:7)
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Amos 1:15• 15And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith Jehovah. (Amos 1:15)
• Lamentation and mourning, the prophet declared, should take the place of Ammon’s proud boasting and conceit (“Chapter 24” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Howl, Heshbon! for Ai is laid waste; cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth, lament and run to and fro within the enclosures: for Malcamb shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note g, ver. 1.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.