Jeremiah 49:28-33

Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

28 Concerning ¹Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down. Thus says the Lord: ²“Rise up, advance against ³Kedar! Destroy ⁴the people of the east!

29 ⁵Their tents and their flocks shall be taken, their ⁶curtains and all their goods; their camels shall be led away from them, and men shall cry to them: ⁷‘Terror on every side! ’

30 ⁸Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor! declares the Lord. For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has made a plan against you and formed a purpose against you.

31 ⁹“Rise up, advance against a nation ¹⁰at ease, ¹¹that dwells securely, declares the Lord, ¹²that has no gates or bars, that dwells alone.

32 ¹³Their camels shall become plunder, their herds of livestock a spoil. ¹⁴I will scatter to every wind ¹⁵those who cut the corners of their hair, and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, declares the Lord.

33 Hazor shall become ¹⁶a haunt of jackals, an everlasting waste; ¹⁷no man shall dwell there; ¹⁸no man shall sojourn in her. ”

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.

Cross References

• 1. 49:28 Isa. 21:16; 60:7
• 2. 49:28 ver. 14, 31
• 3. 49:28 Isa. 21:16; 60:7
• 4. 49:28 Isa. 11:14; Ezek. 25:4, 10; See Judg. 6:3
• 5. 49:29 Ps. 120:5; Song 1:5
• 6. 49:29 Ps. 120:5; Song 1:5
• 7. 49:29 See ch. 6:25
• 8. 49:30 ver. 8
• 9. 49:31 [See ver. 28 above]
• 10. 49:31 Job 16:12
• 11. 49:31 Ezek. 38:8, 11
• 12. 49:31 Ezek. 38:8, 11
• 13. 49:32 [Ezek. 38:12]
• 14. 49:32 ver. 36
• 15. 49:32 See ch. 9:26
• 16. 49:33 See ch. 9:11
• 17. 49:33 ver. 18
• 18. 49:33 ver. 18