Jeremiah 49:28-32 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:30

Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor , saith the Lord ,.... The same is said to the inhabitants of Dedan; see Gill on Jeremiah 49:8 ; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you : had determined upon their destruction, and had consulted and contrived ways and means to effect it; and therefore, since so powerful an enemy had such a design upon them, it was high time to flee, and get as far off as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:31

Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation ,.... Or, "to the nation that is at ease" F19 אל גוי שליו "ad gentem quietam", V. L. Munster, Schmidt; "tranquillam", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "pacificam", so some in Vatablus, Pagninus, Montanus. ; the people that live quietly and in peace; have no wars with their neighbours, nor any among themselves; which seems to be the better sense of the word, for these Kedarenes were not a very wealthy people: these words do not express... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:32

And their camels shall be a booty ,.... To the Chaldean army, as before, Jeremiah 49:29 ; and the multitude of their cattle a spoil; to the same ; the Kedarenes had large flocks of sheep, as well as a multitude of camels, on which they lived, and in which their substance lay; see Isaiah 60:6 ; and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners ; them that were gone with their flocks to feed them in the uttermost parts of their land; who, on hearing of the... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:30

Dwell deep - Retire into the depths of the desert. See on Jeremiah 49:8 ; (note). Inhabitants of Hazor - I cannot find this place. It was no doubt in Arabia, and a place of considerable importance; but it is now no more. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:31

The wealthy nation - שליו גוי goi sheleiv , "the peaceable nation" - Have neither gates nor bars - The Arabs, who had nothing but their tents; no cities, nor even permanent villages. read more

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 49:32

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 49:31

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