Jeremiah 49:32

32 Their camels will become plunder; their many cattle will be pillaged. I will scatter to the winds those who are clean-shaven, and I will bring disaster on them from every side, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:32 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:32

And their camels shall be a booty
To the Chaldean army, as before, ( Jeremiah 49:29 ) ; and the multitude of their cattle a spoil; to the same;
the Kedarenes had large flocks of sheep, as well as a multitude of camels, on which they lived, and in which their substance lay; see ( Isaiah 60:6 Isaiah 60:7 ) ( Job 1:3 ) ; and I will scatter into all winds them [that are] in the utmost
corners;
them that were gone with their flocks to feed them in the uttermost parts of their land; who, on hearing of the Chaldean army being entered and ravaging their country, would leave their flocks, and flee and be dispersed in the several parts of the world: or, "them that are cut in the corner" F21; in the corners of their beard; that have their hair cut all around, as the Arabians had; (See Gill on Jeremiah 9:26); and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the Lord;
suggesting that Nebuchadnezzar should surround them with his army, and so dispose of his troops, by placing them some in one part, and some in another, that they should not be able to escape on any side. It denotes their utter destruction and desolation.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 (hap yuwuq) "attonsi comam", V. L. "praecisi lateribus", Piscator.

Jeremiah 49:32 In-Context

30 Run away; take cover, you people of Hazor, declares the LORD. Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar has taken counsel and devised a plan against you.
31 Get ready to attack a nation that feels safe and secure, declares the LORD, one without barred gates that lives by itself.
32 Their camels will become plunder; their many cattle will be pillaged. I will scatter to the winds those who are clean-shaven, and I will bring disaster on them from every side, declares the LORD.
33 Hazor will become a den for wild dogs, a wilderness forever. No one will live there; no human will dwell in it.
34 This is what the LORD told the prophet Jeremiah concerning Elam at the beginning of the rule of Judah's King Zedekiah.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or those who have temples that are shaved
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