Verse 33
Hazor would become a desolate haunt of wild animals, rather than a center for these Arab tribes.
Nebuchadnezzar raided these Arab tribes in 599 B.C., the year before he began his invasion of Palestine. [Note: Wiseman, pp. 31-32, 71.]
Again, the major reason for judgment, though not stated in the oracle, must be Yahweh’s covenant faithfulness to His promise to punish those who were enemies of the Israelites (Genesis 12:3). These nations also violated the Noahic Covenant, in which God decreed, "Whoever sheds man’s blood [without divine authorization], by man his blood shall be shed" (Genesis 9:6).
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