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Jeremiah 49:31

in Jeremiah 49

Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Arise, get you up unto a nation that is at ease, that dwelleth without care, saith Jehovah; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.

KJV

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

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This verse in Jeremiah 49

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
The wealthy nation - Or, a nation at rest, living securely and in confidence. Which dwell alone - They dwell alone, i. e., have neither alliances with other nations, nor contact by commerce.

This site's exposition

Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor

on Jeremiah 49:28-33

Kedar descends from a son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13), and Gill and Clarke take this Hazor as a region of Arab tent-dwellers. They are a people “at ease” who “have no gates or bars; they live alone.” Verse 33 sentences Hazor to be “a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever.”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Those of other nations neither came among them nor traded with them; but they lived within themselves, content with the products and pleasures of their own country. This was their manner of living, very different from that of the nations that were round about them. They were very rich; though they had not trade, no treasures, yet they are here said to be a wealthy nation (

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), because they had a sufficiency to answer all the occasions of human life and they were content with it. Note, Those are truly rich who have enough to supply their necessities, and know when they have enough.

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It is not said that any of them shall be slain, for they attempt not to make any resistance and their tents and flocks are accepted as a ransom for their lives; but they shall be dislodged and dispersed; though now they dwell in the utmost corners, out of the way, and therefore they think out of the reach, of danger (by this character those people were distinguished, ch. ix.

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Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

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

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • ק֣וּמוּarise

    kumuH6965 →628 times

  • עֲל֗וּgo up

    ʾaluH5927 →890 times

  • אֶל־against

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • גּ֥וֹיa nation

    goyH1471 →561 times

  • שְׁלֵ֛יוat ease

    sheleivH7961 →

  • יוֹשֵׁ֥ב[which] dwells

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • לָבֶ֖טַחto security

    lavetachH983 →42 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • דְלָתַ֧יִםa pair of gates

    delatayimH1817 →

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • בְרִ֛יחַa bar

    veriachH1280 →

  • ל֖וֹ[belong] to <the> it

    lo

  • בָּדָ֥דalone

    badadH910 →

  • יִשְׁכֹּֽנוּ׃they dwell

    yishkonuH7931 →129 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

16 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 38:11You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—4 worksMicah 7:14Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.3 worksDeuteronomy 33:28So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.3 worksNumbers 23:9For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.3 worksIsaiah 47:8So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’3 worksAmos 6:1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.3 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 39:6I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.2 worksJudges 18:7–10So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.2 worksZephaniah 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.2 worksEzekiel 30:9On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.2 worksIsaiah 32:11Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.2 worksJeremiah 48:11Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.2 worksPsalms 123:4We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.2 worksIsaiah 32:9Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.2 worksNahum 1:12This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.2 worksJudges 18:27–28After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 33:28

    So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 33:16

      For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Numbers 23:9

      For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

  • Through

    Micah 7:14

    Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 23:1–4

      The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

    • Micah 5:4

      He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to…

    • Psalms 100:3

      Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

  • Through

    Numbers 23:9

    For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 33:28

      So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

    • Deuteronomy 32:8

      When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

  • Through

    Isaiah 47:8

    So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 32:9

      Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 49 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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