Jeremiah 49:1 meaning and explanation
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?
Jeremiah 49:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah 49 opens a series of oracles against Israel's neighbors, and verse 1 addresses the Ammonites, descendants of Lot who lived east of the Jordan. The LORD speaks through the prophet as a wronged kinsman: after Assyria and Babylon weakened the northern kingdom, Ammon moved into the territory of Gad, one of Israel's tribes.
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