Jeremiah 49:1-6 Concerning the Ammonites, thus said the LORD; Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then do their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? Therefore, behold, the days come, said 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, said the LORD. Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, you 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. Wherefore glory thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, said the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and you shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wanders. And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, said the LORD.
‘Concerning the Ammonites, thus said the LORD …’ This is the 85th prophecy in Jeremiah (49:1-6) verses 1-5 are fulfilled; verse 6 is unfulfilled. Nine predictions are fulfilled: I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites (49:2). It shall be a desolate heap. Her daughters will be burned with fire. Then will Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs. There will be weeping for Ammon (49:3). Their king will go into captivity, with the priests and princes. I will bring fear to you from all those that be about you (49:5). Every man will be driven out. None will gather the wandering remnant. One prediction is unfulfilled: Afterward, I will bring again the captivity of Ammon (no doubt in the latter days, Jer. 49:6; cp. 49:39; 48:47).
‘Why then do their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities.’ The idea here is: Why do the Ammonites occupy the land of Gad if there are any sons and heirs in Israel? Ammon had wanted this land as far back as the days of Jephthah (Jdg. 11:1-40). The gradual pushing back of the Gadites had to be during the periods of the kings after David and Solomon. It no doubt happened when the Assyrians carried away the Gileadites (2Kin. 15:27-31; 17:1-41).
‘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.’ This prophecy, except Jeremiah 49:6, was fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar conquered Palestine and Egypt, after the fall of Judah (37:1-10).
‘I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon.’ Both Moab and Ammon will be restored in the latter days (48:47).
End times: Prophetic Scriptures 