Jeremiah 49:28-33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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The Arabian Tribes. Kedar (Jeremiah 2:10) a branch of the Ishmaelites (Genesis 25:13), is here used generically for Arab tribes E. of Palestine. Hazor, perhaps a collective term meaning settlements, seems to denote Arabs in village communities, as distinct from the nomadic tribes. Yahweh summons the foe (here identified with the Babylonians, though no campaign of Nebuchadrezzar against Arabs is known), and promises that they shall capture the nomads-' tents and camels. The village-dwellers are told to seek a refuge (dwell deep, as in Jeremiah 49:8), and the foe is called (Jeremiah 49:31) to attack this defenceless people, confident in their isolation, who shall be spoiled and scattered, and their villages laid waste (Jeremiah 49:33; cf. Jeremiah 9:11).

Jeremiah 49:29. curtains: tent-hangings, Jeremiah 4:20; for the cry, cf. Jeremiah 6:25.

Jeremiah 49:31. alone: Deuteronomy 33:28, Psalms 48 (mg.) ; with whole verse cf. Ezekiel 38:11, its source.

Jeremiah 49:32. the corners (of their hair) polled: corner-clipt, see Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 25:23.

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Jeremiah 49:28-33

28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

30 Flee, getd you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthye nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.

33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.