Jeremiah 49:29
in Jeremiah 49They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!
KJV
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Curtains - The hangings of the tents. Fear is on every side - Magor-missabib (see Jer 6:25 note); a cry, indicating the panic which followed the unexpected onset of the enemy.
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 Awakening2 voices
No marvel there are fears on every side when there are foes on every side. What they have will be a prey to the Chaldeans; they shall take to themselves their curtains and vessels; though they are but plain and coarse, and they have better of their own, yet they shall take them for spite, and spoil for spoiling sake.
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
tents--in which they dwelt, from which they are called Scenites, that is, tent dwellers. curtains--namely, with which the tents were covered (Jer 4:20;
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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.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָהֳלֵיהֶ֤ם | ʾoholeihem | tents their | H168 → | 345 times |
| וְצֹאנָם֙ | vetzonam | and flock[s] their | H6629 → | 274 times |
| יִקָּ֔חוּ | yikachu | people will take away | H3947 → | 966 times |
| יְרִיעוֹתֵיהֶ֧ם | yerioteihem | tent curtains their | H3407 → | 54 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלֵיהֶ֛ם | keleihem | equipment<s> their | H3627 → | 325 times |
| וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖ם | ugemaleihem | and camels their | H1581 → | |
| יִשְׂא֣וּ | yisu | they will carry off | H5375 → | 656 times |
| לָהֶ֑ם | lahem | for <the> themselves | ||
| וְקָרְא֧וּ | vekareu | and people will call out | H7121 → | 733 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם | ʾaleihem | to them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מָג֖וֹר | magor | terror | H4032 → | 8 times |
| מִסָּבִֽיב׃ | misaviv | [is] from round about | H5439 → | 336 times |
אָהֳלֵיהֶ֤םtents their
ʾoholeihemH168 →345 times
וְצֹאנָם֙and flock[s] their
vetzonamH6629 →274 times
יִקָּ֔חוּpeople will take away
yikachuH3947 →966 times
יְרִיעוֹתֵיהֶ֧םtent curtains their
yerioteihemH3407 →54 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
כְּלֵיהֶ֛םequipment<s> their
keleihemH3627 →325 times
וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םand camels their
ugemaleihemH1581 →
יִשְׂא֣וּthey will carry off
yisuH5375 →656 times
לָהֶ֑םfor <the> themselves
lahem
וְקָרְא֧וּand people will call out
vekareuH7121 →733 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֛םto them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
מָג֖וֹרterror
magorH4032 →8 times
מִסָּבִֽיב׃[is] from round about
misavivH5439 →336 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
Jeremiah 10:20My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:20
Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
- Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Jeremiah 4:20
Through
Psalms 120:5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
it leads to
- Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- 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,
- Ezekiel 27:13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
- Song of Solomon 1:5
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
- Genesis 10:2
Through
Jeremiah 46:5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 6:25
Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
- Jeremiah 6:25
Through
Jeremiah 6:25Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 14:18
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land…
- Jeremiah 14:18
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.