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Jeremiah 49:33

in Jeremiah 49

“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation for ever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

KJV

And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

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This verse in Jeremiah 49

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever,.... The city of Hazor, as well as the kingdoms of it; the royal city, where their king and principal men dwelt; even this should be no more inhabited by men, but by dragons, and the wild beasts of the field, and so remain for ever, at least a long time; see Isa 13:20; there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it: signifying the utter desolation of it; See Gill on Jer 49:18.

This site's exposition

Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor

on Jeremiah 49:28-33

Kedar traces to Ishmael's sons (Genesis 25:13), and this Hazor is unrelated to the walled Canaanite city Joshua destroyed, an unfortified region of Arab tent-encampments described by its very lack of defense, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. Their wealth is measured in tents, curtains, flocks and camels rather than fortification, goods easily carried off rather than a city that must be besieged. Verse 33 sentences Hazor to become a dwelling for dragons and a perpetual desolation, the identical formula the book later applies to Babylon's own ruin.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons - Shall be turned into a wilderness. A desolation for ever - Never to be repeopled. There shalt no man abide there - It may occasionally be visited, but never made a permanent abode.

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.

  • וְהָיְתָ֨הand it will become

    vehayetahH1961 →3559 times

  • חָצ֜וֹרHazor

    chatzorH2674 →18 times

  • לִמְע֥וֹן<into> a habitation of

    limonH4583 →18 times

  • תַּנִּ֛יםjackals

    tanimH8577 →28 times

  • שְׁמָמָ֖הa desolation

    shemamahH8077 →57 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • עוֹלָ֑םperpetuity

    olamH5769 →438 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יֵשֵׁ֥בhe will dwell

    yeshevH3427 →1079 times

  • שָׁם֙there

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • אִ֔ישׁanyone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יָג֥וּרhe will sojourn

    yagurH1481 →97 times

  • בָּ֖הּin <the> it

    bah

  • בֶּן־a child of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אָדָֽם׃ סhumankind

    ʾadamH120 →551 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.

Jeremiah 49:18As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.5 worksJeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.4 worksJeremiah 10:22Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.4 worksJeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”4 worksIsaiah 13:20–22She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.3 worksZephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”3 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
Zephaniah 2:13–15And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.3 worksMalachi 1:3but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”3 worksIsaiah 34:13Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.3 worksJeremiah 49:17–18“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.2 worksRevelation 18:21–22Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.2 worksJeremiah 50:39–40So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.2 worksIsaiah 14:23“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.2 worksIsaiah 34:9–17Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.2 worksRevelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.2 worksJeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!2 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

    Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 15:1–9

      This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!

    • Isaiah 11:14

      They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites…

    • Deuteronomy 29:23

      All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…

    • Isaiah 25:10

      For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 9:11

    “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 25:2

      Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

    • Jeremiah 10:22

      Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

    • Jeremiah 51:37

      Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 10:22

    Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 9:11

      “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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