Jeremiah 49:28
in Jeremiah 49Concerning 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!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith Jehovah: Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
KJV
Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the Lord; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
6 notes on this verseConcerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor,.... A new prophecy concerning the Arabians; for Kedar was a son of Ishmael, Gen 25:13; whose posterity inhabited Arabia Petraea.
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 Awakening1 voice
Kedar - Was one of the sons of Ishmael, whose posterity inhabited part of Arabia Petraea. Hazor was the head city to several kingdoms in Joshua's time.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
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 (Gen 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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Kedar means "blackness" (So 1:5). Hazor--not the city in Palestine, but a district in Arabia-Petræa. "Kingdoms" refer to the several combinations of clans, each under its own sheik. men of the east--Kedar and Hazor were east of Judea (Jud 6:3;
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Hazor, derived from a word signifying an unwalled village, is a general appellative of those Arab tribes who were partially settled, while Kedar signifies the Bedawin, who used only tents. Some think that Hazor is another way of spelling Jetor, i. e., Ituraea, whose inhabitants, with the Kedarenes, would naturally be called the sons of the East. Shall smite - Or, smote.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְקֵדָ֣ר׀ | lekedar | of Kedar | H6938 → | 12 times |
| וּֽלְמַמְלְכ֣וֹת | ulemamlekhot | and of [the] kingdoms of | H4467 → | 117 times |
| חָצ֗וֹר | chatzor | Hazor | H2674 → | 18 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִכָּה֙ | hikah | he attacked | H5221 → | 499 times |
| נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר | nevukhadretzor | Nebuchadnezzar | H5019 → | 60 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶ֔ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| כֹּ֖ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| ק֚וּמוּ | kumu | arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| עֲל֣וּ | ʾalu | go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| קֵדָ֔ר | kedar | Kedar | H6938 → | 12 times |
| וְשָׁדְד֖וּ | veshadedu | and devastate | H7703 → | 57 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| קֶֽדֶם׃ | kedem | [the] east | H6924 → | 87 times |
לְקֵדָ֣ר׀of Kedar
lekedarH6938 →12 times
וּֽלְמַמְלְכ֣וֹתand of [the] kingdoms of
ulemamlekhotH4467 →117 times
חָצ֗וֹרHazor
chatzorH2674 →18 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הִכָּה֙he attacked
hikahH5221 →499 times
נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣רNebuchadnezzar
nevukhadretzorH5019 →60 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶ֔לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
כֹּ֖הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
ק֚וּמוּarise
kumuH6965 →628 times
עֲל֣וּgo up
ʾaluH5927 →890 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
קֵדָ֔רKedar
kedarH6938 →12 times
וְשָׁדְד֖וּand devastate
veshadeduH7703 →57 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּנֵי־[the] people of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
קֶֽדֶם׃[the] east
kedemH6924 →87 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Ezekiel 27:21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
it leads to
- Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 25:13
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 60:7
Through
Jeremiah 2:10Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
it leads to
- Psalms 120:5
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 120:5
Through
Genesis 25:13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 1:5
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 1:29–31
These are their genealogies:
- Song of Solomon 1:5
Through
Isaiah 11:14They 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…
it leads to
- Joel 3:19
Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
- Joel 3:19
Through
Judges 6:3Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
it leads to
- Judges 7:12
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Judges 6:33
Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
- Judges 7:12
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2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.
