Jeremiah 49:28-33

Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor

28 Concerning ¹Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the LORD, "Arise, go up to Kedar And devastate the ²men of the east.

29 "They will take away their tents and their flocks; They will carry off for themselves Their tent ³curtains, all their goods and their ⁴camels, And they will call out to one another, '⁵Terror on every side!'

30 "Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor," declares the LORD; "For ⁶Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you And devised a scheme against you.

31 "Arise, go up against a nation which is ⁷at ease, Which lives securely," declares the LORD. "It has ⁸no gates or bars; They ⁹dwell alone.

32 "Their camels will become plunder, And their many cattle for booty, And I will ¹⁰scatter to all the winds those who ¹¹cut the corners of their hair; And I will bring their disaster from every side," declares the LORD.

33 "Hazor will become a ¹²haunt of jackals, A desolation forever *; No one will live there, Nor will a son of man reside in it."

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Jeremiah 49:28-33 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

Cross References 12

1. Genesis 25:13; Psalms 120:5; Isaiah 21:16, 17; Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:21
2. Job 1:3; Isaiah 11:14
3. Habakkuk 3:7
4. 1 Chronicles 5:21
5. Jeremiah 46:5
6. Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 27:6
7. Judges 18:7; Isaiah 47:8
8. Isaiah 42:11
9. Numbers 23:9; Deuteronomy 33:28; Micah 7:14
10. Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel 12:14, 15
11. Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 25:23
12. Isaiah 13:20-22; Jeremiah 9:11; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 51:37; Zeph 2:9, 13-15; Malachi 1:3

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "sons"