Jeremiah 49:28-29

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 49:28-33

These verses foretell the desolation that Nebuchadnezzar and his forces should make among the people of Kedar (who descended from Kedar the son of Ishmael, and inhabited a part of Arabia the Stony), and of the kingdoms, the petty principalities, of Hazor, that joined to them, who perhaps were originally Canaanites, of the kingdom of Hazor, in the north of Canaan, which had Jabin for its king, but, being driven thence, settled in the deserts of Arabia and associated themselves with the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:28

Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor ,.... A new prophecy concerning the Arabians; for Kedar was a son of Ishmael, Genesis 25:13 ; whose posterity inhabited Arabia Petraea. Hazor was Petra itself, the metropolis of the country, whose king had several petty kings and kingdoms under him; for this is not the Hazor in the land of Canaan destroyed by Joshua, which had been the head of several kingdoms; and where Jabin king of Canaan afterwards reigned, Joshua 11:10 , Judges... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:29

Their tents and their flocks shall they take away ,.... The Kedarenes were a people whose business chiefly lay in feeding flocks, and of which their substance consisted; and they mostly dwelt in tents, which they removed from place to place, for the sake of pasturage for their flocks; hence they were sometimes called Scenites, and sometimes Nomades; see Psalm 120:5 ; but now both their habitations, such as they were, and their flocks too, wherein lay their riches, would be taken away from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:28

Concerning Kedar, and Concerning the Kingdoms of Hazor - This is the title of another new prophecy. Kedar was the name of one of the sons of Ishmael ( Genesis 25:13 ;) who settled in Arabia, and who gave name to a powerful tribe of Arabs who used to traffic with the Tyrians in cattle. It appears from this prophecy that Nebuchadnezzar got a commission to go against and reduce them to great misery. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:29

Their tents and their flocks - This description of property shows that they were Scenite or Nomad Arabs; persons who dwell in tents, and whose principal property was cattle, especially camels, of the whole of which they were plundered by the Chaldeans. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:28

Verse 28 There is here another prophecy added respecting the Kedareans, who inhabited a part of Arabia. There is elsewhere mention made of them, and it is probable that they were neighbors to the Syrians and not far from Judea; for David complained (if he was the author of that psalm) that he dwelt among the children of Kedar, “Woe to me, because I am compelled to dwell in Mesech and with the children of Kedar,” (Psalms 120:5) Whoever, then, composed that psalm, it is a probable conjecture... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:29

Verse 29 The Prophet, in speaking of tents and curtains, had regard to the way of living adopted by that nation; for the Arabs, we know, dwelt in cabins and tents, as they do at this day, and they were also shepherds. They had no cultivated fields, but led their flocks through the deserts; and they had a great number of camels. This is the reason why the Prophet mentions tents, curtains, camels, and flocks, while speaking of the Kedareans; for they dwelt not in a fertile country, they possessed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:28

Hazer ( i.e. the settled Arabs) is said to have kingdoms . "King" is used in Hebrew in a wider sense than we are accustomed to (comp. Jeremiah 25:24 , "All the kings of Arabia"). The "kings" of Hazer would be mere sheikhs or emirs. Shall smite; rather, smote. There is no justification whatever for the future. The statement is obviously a later addition, to show that the prophecy was fulfilled. On the form "Nebuchadrezzar," see on Jeremiah 21:2 . The men of the east . A general... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:28-33

Against the nomad and partly settled Arabs—the former described under the name Kedar (see on Jeremiah 2:10 ), the latter under that of Hazor (connected with hazer, an unwalled village; comp. Le Jeremiah 25:31 ). This use of Hazer is remarkable; elsewhere the name denotes towns in Palestine ( Joshua 11:1 ; Joshua 15:23 ; Nehemiah 11:33 ). There are two plainly marked strophes, Jeremiah 49:28-30 and Jeremiah 49:31-33 , both beginning with a summons to the foe to take the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 49:29

All the possessions of the nomad are here mentioned—first his tents and his flocks; then the hangings of which the tent is composed ( Jeremiah 4:20 ; Jeremiah 10:20 ), and the vessels which it contains; and finally the camels which the Arab rides, not to mention their other uses. All this shall be ruthlessly appropriated by the Chaldean invaders. Fear is on every side. Again Jeremiah's motto recurs (see on Jeremiah 6:25 ). It expresses here, not the war cry itself, but the result... read more

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