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.
Ver. 28. Concerning Kedar.] These Kedarenes, the offspring of Kedar, Ishmael's son, Gen 25:13 dwelt, or rather abode for most part, in Arabia the stony, or desert. Hagarenes they were also called, and afterward Saracens, of Sarah, their chief city, saith Stephanus; a or of Sarach, for more credit sake, as others hold. Of this people came Mohammed, that grand impostor, and the Turks, who have now gotten into their hands so great a part of the habitable world. A rude people they were in Jeremiah's days, and uncivilised; yet because wicked, they are here doomed.
And concerning the kingdoms of Hazor.] Their head city.
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