Jeremiah 49 · Verse 14

Jeremiah 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.
Jeremiah 49:14, King James Version

Jeremiah 49:14 in other translations

BSBI 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!”
WEBI have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, “Gather yourselves together! Come against her! Rise up to the battle!”
ASVI 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.
YLTA report I have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations is sent, Gather yourselves and come in against her, And rise ye for battle.
DARBYI have heard a rumour from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations: — Gather yourselves together, and come against her and rise up for the battle.
BBEWord has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come together and go up against her, and take your places for the fight.
WebsterI have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an embassador is sent to the heathen, saying, Assemble, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

What does Jeremiah 49:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. (Ob 1-3). ambassador ... unto the heathen--a messenger from God to stir up the Chaldeans against Edom.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 49:7-22

The Edomites were old enemies to the Israel of God. But their day is now at hand; it is foretold, not only to warn them, but for the sake of the Israel of God, whose afflictions were aggravated by them. Thus Divine judgments go round from nation to nation; the earth is full of commotion, and nothing can escape the ministers of Divine vengeance. The righteousness of God is to be observed amidst the violence of men.

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Jeremiah 49:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שְׁמוּעָ֤הshe.mu.'Aha reportH8052
שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙sha.Ma'.tiI have heardH8085
מֵאֵ֣תme.'Etfrom withH854
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְצִ֖ירve.Tzirand an envoyH6735
בַּגּוֹיִ֣םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471
שָׁל֑וּחַsha.Lu.ach[has been] sentH7971
הִֽתְקַבְּצוּ֙hit.ka.be.Tzugather togetherH6908
וּבֹ֣אוּu.Vo.'uand comeH935
עָלֶ֔יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921
וְק֖וּמוּve.Ku.muand rise upH6965
לַמִּלְחָמָֽה\׃la.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 49:14

  • Isaiah 30:4

    For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

  • Isaiah 37:7

    Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

  • Isaiah 13:2-3

    Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

  • Jeremiah 51:46

    And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

  • Matthew 24:6

    And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

  • Jeremiah 50:9-16

    For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord. Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. …

  • Ezekiel 7:25-26

    Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

  • Isaiah 18:2-3

    That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

  • Obadiah 1:1-4

    The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 51:27-28

    Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

  • Jeremiah 51:11

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.

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heard.
51:46; Isa 37:7; Eze 7:25,26; Ob 1:1; Mt 24:6
an ambassador.
Isa 18:2,3; 30:4
Gather.
50:9-16; 51:11,27,28; Isa 13:2,3

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Context

  • Jeremiah 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.

  • Jeremiah 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.

  • Jeremiah 49:15

    For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

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Jeremiah 49:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La fama oí, que de Jehová había sido enviado mensajero á las gentes, diciendo: Juntaos, y venid contra ella, y levantaos á la batalla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
J’ai entendu une rumeur de par l’ Éternel, et un ambassadeur a été envoyé parmi les nations: Assemblez-vous, et venez contre lui, et levez-vous pour la guerre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Eine Kunde habe ich vernommen von Jehova, und ein Bote ist unter die Nationen gesandt: Versammelt euch und kommet über dasselbe und machet euch auf zum Kriege!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Auditum audivi a Domino, et legatus ad gentes missus est: Congregamini, et venite contra eam, et consurgamus in prælium.