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Jeremiah 49:14
I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through the prophet Jeremiah during an oracle specifically targeting Edom and its capital, Bozrah. This declaration functions as a divine summons issued within the broader sequence of judgments against the surrounding nations.
The words — The verse foregrounds שָמַ֙עְתִּי (sha.Ma'.ti) = "I have heard" and הִתְקַבְּצוּ (hit.ka.be.Tzu) = "gather together." These terms anchor the announcement in divine revelation and command the active mobilization of the nations against the target.
The thread — The summons of nations by divine message appears in Isaiah 13:2 and Isaiah 18:2. These passages share the motif of a heavenly directive that triggers earthly military assembly for judgment.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that geopolitical events and military campaigns are subject to divine authorization. It demands a clear-eyed assessment of the announced judgment without softening the historical reality or theological claim.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 30:4 For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
- Isaiah 13:2 Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
- Isaiah 18:2 which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
- Isaiah 37:7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
- Jeremiah 50:9 For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
- Jeremiah 51:11 Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
- Jeremiah 51:27 “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
- Jeremiah 51:46 Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
- Ezekiel 7:25 Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
- Obadiah 1:1 This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—