Jeremiah 49:28-38

Listen to Jeremiah 49:28-38

A Message About Kedar and Hazor

28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked: This is what the LORD says: “Arise, and attack Kedar and destroy the people of the East.

29 Their tents and their flocks will be taken; their shelters will be carried off with all their goods and camels. People will shout to them, ‘Terror on every side!’

30 “Flee quickly away! Stay in deep caves, you who live in Hazor,” declares the LORD. “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has plotted against you; he has devised a plan against you.

31 “Arise and attack a nation at ease, which lives in confidence,” declares the LORD, “a nation that has neither gates nor bars; its people live far from danger.

32 Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoils of war. I will scatter to the winds those who are in distant places^[a]and will bring disaster on them from every side,” declares the LORD.

33 “Hazor will become a haunt of jackals, a desolate place forever. No one will live there; no people will dwell in it.”

A Message About Elam

34 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah:

35 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “See, I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might.

36 I will bring against Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven; I will scatter them to the four winds, and there will not be a nation where Elam’s exiles do not go.

37 I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who want to kill them; I will bring disaster on them, even my fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.

38 I will set my throne in Elam and destroy her king and officials,” declares the LORD.

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Jeremiah 49:28-38 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 49

This chapter contains prophecies concerning the judgments of God on several nations and kingdoms, chiefly bordering on the land of Israel; on the Ammonites, Jer 49:1-6; on the Edomites, Jer 49:7-22; on the kingdom of Damascus, or the Syrians, Jer 49:23-27; on the Kedarenes or Arabians, Jer 49:28-33; and on the Elamites or Persians, Jer 49:34-39.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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Cross References 25

1. S Genesis 25:13
2. S Joshua 11:1
3. S Jeremiah 10:22
4. S Judges 6:3
5. ver 32
6. S Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 46:5
7. S Judges 6:2
8. Joshua 11:1
9. S Jeremiah 10:22
10. Ezekiel 38:11
11. S Judges 6:5
12. ver 29
13. ver 36; Jeremiah 13:24
14. S Jeremiah 9:26
15. S Joshua 11:1
16. S Isaiah 13:22
17. Jeremiah 48:9; Jeremiah 10:22
18. S ver 18; Jeremiah 51:37
19. S Genesis 10:22
20. 2 Kings 24:18
21. S Psalms 37:15; S Isaiah 22:6
22. S ver 32
23. Daniel 11:4
24. Jeremiah 30:24
25. Jeremiah 9:16; Ezekiel 32:24

Footnotes 1

[a] Or "who clip the hair by their foreheads"