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Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in the cities of it?

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God Defends His People's Inheritance

God's rhetorical questions, "Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir?" condemn the Ammonites for seizing the land of Gad. Commentators explain that after the northern tribes were exiled, the Ammonites wrongly occupied this territory as if it had no rightful owner. God, however, affirms that the land still belongs to His people, Israel, and this injustice will be judged.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Jeremiah 49:1

18th Century

Theologian

Has Israel no sons? - that is, the Ammonites in seizing Gilead have acted as if the country had no rightful owner. The sons of Israel were t…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Jeremiah 49:1

19th Century

Bishop

Concerning the Ammonites. —The history of this people was, to a great extent, parallel with that of the Moabites. They had been co…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Jeremiah 49:1

16th Century

Theologian

We have said that the Ammonites were not only adjacent to the Moabites but had also originated from Lot, and were therefore related to them by bloo…

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John Gill

John Gill

On Jeremiah 49:1

17th Century

Pastor

Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord Or, "to the Ammonites" F21 ; or, "against" them F23 ;…