Text -- Jeremiah 49:2 (NET)

49:2 Because you did that, I, the Lord, affirm that a time is coming when I will make Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, hear the sound of the battle cry. It will become a mound covered with ruins. Its villages will be burned to the ground. Then Israel will take back its land from those who took their land from them. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 49:2

¹ tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

² tn Heb “a desolate tel.” For the explanation of what a “tel” is see the study note on 30:18.

³ tn Heb “Its daughters will be burned with fire.” For the use of the word “daughters” to refer to the villages surrounding a larger city see BDB 123 s.v. I בַּת 4 and compare the usage in Judg 1:27.

⁴ tn Heb “says the Lord.” The first person is used to maintain the first person address throughout.