Therefore, behold, the days come, saith 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, saith the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,.... Or, "are coming" (y); as they did, in a very little time after this prophecy:
that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the…
Barnes' Notes
Rabbah - i. e., the “great city.” See 2Sa 12:27 note for a distinction between Rabbah, the citadel, and the town itself, lying below upon the Jabbok. Daughters - i. e., unwalled villages (and in Jer…
The Ammonites were next, both in kindred and neighbourhood, to the Moabites, and therefore are next set to the bar. Their country joined to that of the two tribes and a half, on the other side Jordan,…
Cambridge Bible
Rabbah now -Ammân, their capital city, on the river Jabbok, fourteen miles N.E. of Heshbon.
a desolate heap See on Jer 30:18.
her daughters the minor cities depending on her; so Jer 49:49.
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