Jeremiah 49:28-33

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.”

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. 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

Footnotes

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