Jeremiah 49 · Verse 5

Jeremiah 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.
Jeremiah 49:5, King James Version

Jeremiah 49:5 in other translations

BSBBehold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.
WEBBehold, I will bring a terror on you,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies, “from all who are around you. All of you will be driven completely out, and there will be no one to gather together the fugitives.
ASVBehold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, from all that are round about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather together the fugitives.
YLTLo, I am bringing in upon thee a fear, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, From all round about thee, And ye have been driven out each before it, And there is no gatherer of the wandering.
DARBYBehold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts, from all that are about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall assemble the fugitives.
BBESee, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on every side; you will be forced out, every man straight before him, and there will be no one to get together the wanderers.
WebsterBehold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that are about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

What does Jeremiah 49:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. every man right forth--whithersoever chance may lead him (Jr 46:5; Ge 19:17); straight before him, onwards at random (Am 4:3). none ... gather up him, &c.--There shall be none to gather together the wandering fugitives, so as to care for them and restore them to their own homes.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 49:1-6

Prophecies relative to the Ammonites. (Jr 49:1-6) The Edomites. (Jr 49:7-22) The Syrians. (Jr 49:23-27) The Kedarenes. (Jr 49:28-33) The Elamites. (Jr 49:34-39) Verses 1-6 . Might often prevails against right among men, yet that might shall be controlled by the Almighty, who judges aright; and those will find themselves mistaken, who, like the Ammonites, think every thing their own on which they can lay their hands…

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Jeremiah 49:5 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.

הִנְנִי֩hi.Nihere IH2005
מֵבִ֨יאme.Vi'[am] about to bringH935
עָלַ֜יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921
פַּ֗חַדPa.chadterrorH6343
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֧י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3069
צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
מִכָּל\־mi.kolfrom allH3605
סְבִיבָ֑יִךְse.vi.Va.yikharound youH5439
וְנִדַּחְתֶּם֙ve.ni.dach.Temand you will be driven awayH5080
אִ֣ישׁ'isheveryoneH376
לְפָנָ֔יוle.fa.Nav<to> before itH6440
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand notH369
מְקַבֵּ֖ץme.ka.Betz[one who] gathers togetherH6908
לַנֹּדֵֽד\׃la.no.Ded[belongs] to the fugitiveH5074

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 49:5

  • Jeremiah 46:5

    Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 49:29

    Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

  • 2 Kings 19:7

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

  • Isaiah 16:3

    Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

  • Jeremiah 20:4

    For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

  • Jeremiah 15:8

    Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

  • Obadiah 1:12-14

    But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

  • 2 Kings 7:6-7

    For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

  • Jeremiah 48:41-44

    Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the Lord. Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord. He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

  • Joshua 2:9

    And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

  • Amos 4:3

    And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord.

  • Proverbs 28:1

    The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
29; 15:8; 20:4; 48:41-44; Jos 2:9; 2Ki 7:6,7; 19:7; Job 15:21
Pr 28:1
ye shall.
46:5; Am 4:3
none.
Isa 16:3; Ob 1:12-14

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Context

  • Jeremiah 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?

  • Jeremiah 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.

  • Jeremiah 49:6

    And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 49:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí yo traigo sobre ti espanto, dice el Señor Jehová de los ejércitos, de todos tus alrededores; y seréis lanzados cada uno en derechura de su rostro, y no habrá quien recoja al errante.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, je fais venir, de tous tes alentours, la frayeur contre toi, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel des armées; et vous serez chassés chacun devant soi, et il n’y aura personne qui rassemble les fugitifs.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, ich lasse Schrecken über dich kommen von allen deinen Umwohnern, spricht der Herr, Jehova der Heerscharen; und ihr sollt weggetrieben werden, ein jeder vor sich hin, und niemand wird die Flüchtigen sammeln. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce ego inducam super te terrorem, ait Dominus Deus exercituum, ab omnibus qui sunt in circuitu tuo: et dispergemini singuli a conspectu vestro, nec erit qui congreget fugientes.