This prophecy is for all the tribes of Israel (not just Judah) AND the surrounding Gentile nations! We shouldn’t forget this point as we read through the book of Jeremiah, the ambassador to the Gentiles and even to God’s other prophets like Daniel and Ezra! The 70 year captivity carrying on throughout and forming the foundation of Daniel’s 70 weeks. Jeremiah was a key prophet that summarized what all the prophets had spoken since the days of the divided kingdom and even before.
Israel had sons alright! It may seem like Judah has no brothers or Jacob had no sons because they haven’t inherited their land even up to the LATTER DAYS. This is very important to understand the prophecy written by this great prophet launched into treacherous times, the ambassador of truth, Jeremiah.
Jer 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?
This prophecy covers the Gentiles, the Ammonites living just east of the Jordan river, took over the land of Gad, like it was not their land!
Hath Israel no sons? Well he had 12! Those Gentiles were taking over Israel’s land!
Jer 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.
Just as the time of the Gentiles ends when Christ returns, so also the time of these ones taking over the LAND of Israel won’t end until Christ returns and makes it a desolate heap. That alarm of war is the 7th trump sounding, and ALL of Israel shall return to the land of their inheritance. This has not come to pass yet obviously, and it will happen just like this.
Jer 49:3 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.
Heshbon means “Stronghold” and “Ai” means heap of ruins. Some churches who teach falsely, will be howling despite their stronghold on the people, they cannot continue teaching lies, and their church foundation has become rubble. They will all go into captivity EVEN THE GENTILE nations, symbolic of the full deception of the final king of Babylon, satan pretending to be the Messiah.
Jer 49:4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
They had wealth, these side-liners known as Ammonites, because they never took part in the wars of Israel, but when Israel fell they just took all the spoil! They gloried in a land that wasn’t theirs! Bragging and trusting in their own stolen wealth.
Jer 49:5 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.
They were given a spirit of fear, which serves them right for worshipping the god of Molech. When they see them wandering through the desert and so forth, NONE shall help them, they’ll be as good as dead.
Jer 49:6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
We know for certain that this is the end times because God will finally end their captivity, and he hasn’t done so to this day. One point is that the surrounding nations of Jerusalem today are still in destitute condition, for the regular people living conditions.
Jer 49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
We are now shifting to a different group of Gentiles, called Edom. Jeremiah was sent to them all! Edom is the land of Esau, and Edom means Red. Esau didn’t care about his inheritance from God. He sold it for a bowl of porridge. Since he made bad decisions, he was commanded to live in a difficult hard land, where his seed still lives today even! The book of Jeremiah is accurate and precise, not missing any surrounding nation to Jerusalem. In other words, they lost their wisdom because they spat on their inheritance, and our inheritance is this great word of God.
Jer 49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
In Ezek 38-39 is written what will happen to Esau at the last battle of Armageddon.
Jer 49:9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
Regular theives would probably leave some stuff leftover, like those who are picking grapes, they just can’t get them all.
Jer 49:10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
God is going to fulfill this prophecy in the very end, and it hasn’t fully been fulfilled yet. Showing how Jeremiah was prophesying of the very end.
Jer 49:11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
If they turn to the Father, then He will save them.
Jer 49:12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
“They” are people who think they don’t have to drink it. Jeremiah 25 discusses this cup of wrath, which was to be poured upon ALL the nations, and especially the King of Babylon, called “Sheshach” there. Even then, it was prophesied that ALL the nations would drink.
Jer 49:13 For I have sworn by Myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
Bozrah is your strongest fortress. Some churches appear strong and beautiful, but without every word from the mouth of the Lord, they will fall like the rest.
Jer 49:14 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.
“Heathen” again is all the surrounding nations. Who is the ambassador? It is Jeremiah! He was sent to them, to give them instructions on what to do about all the confusion causing the people to fall. They are instructed to come against confusion and rise up to the battle! Not lay back and hide! God needs warriors not deserters.
Jer 49:15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
This is speaking of the Russian government, being atheistic doesn’t make them popular.
Jer 49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Some people think “hiding” is the answer. They aren’t going to hide from the King of Babylon. God is going to allow satan to conquest every nation both then and in the 6th trump.
Jer 49:17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
Ezekiel 39:11 discusses the stench also. If you look at the map, where Edom was located in ancient times, is now repopulated by a different peoples, who may also be indicated here in this prophecy.
Jer 49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
This was the desolation of the King of Babylon anciently, but in the future sense this describes the 7th trump, and at that time there won’t be flesh anymore (I Cor 15:51).
Jer 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like Me? and who will appoint Me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before Me?
Who is this “lion” now? It is the spurious Messiah ready to devour any lamb coming down to the Jordan to drink, but God is still in control, and will protect the chosen man. “Who is the shepherd” that dare stand against God? There is one who will do that, that will be satan.
Jer 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that He hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
The least of the flock will “drag them out”, meaning dead ones. Why are they dead? They have no wisdom! They are spiritually dead. Remember this might also apply to Teman, located very near Israel today.
Jer 49:21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
The Red sea here should be translated “reed sea”, where the stench will be smelled and fall heard.
Jer 49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
The eagle usually symbolizes our Father, but here you have a fake because the “labor pangs” are clearly noted. This might remind you of Daniel’s description of satan riding in on the “wings of abomination” (in the Hebrew of Daniel 9:27). This book of Jeremiah is very up to date, even laying the foundation for Daniel’s prophecy, regarding this evil eagle.
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