Jeremiah 49:30
in Jeremiah 49Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Flee ye, wander far off, dwell in the depths, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith Jehovah; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
KJV
Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
5 notes on this verseDwell deep - Retire into the depths of the desert. See on Jer 49:8 (note). Inhabitants of Hazor - I cannot find this place. It was no doubt in Arabia, and a place of considerable importance; but it is now no more.
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
Yet, how unrighteous soever he was in doing it, God was righteous in directing it. These people had lived inoffensively among their neighbours, as many do, who yet, like them, are guilty before God; and it was to punish them for their offences against him that God said (
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Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord,.... The same is said to the inhabitants of Dedan; see Gill on Jer 49:8; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you: had determined upon their destruction, and had consulted and contrived ways and means to effect it; and therefore, since so powerful an enemy had such a design upon them, it was high time to flee, and get as far off as they could, and hide themselves in the caverns of the earth.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A purpose against you - Others read “against them” (the wealthy nation, Jer 49:31).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֻסוּ֩ | nusu | flee | H5127 → | 159 times |
| נֻּ֨דוּ | nudu | take flight | H5110 → | 24 times |
| מְאֹ֜ד | meod | exceedingly | H3966 → | 300 times |
| הֶעְמִ֧יקוּ | he'miku | make deep | H6009 → | |
| לָשֶׁ֛בֶת | lashevet | to dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֥י | yoshevei | O inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| חָצ֖וֹר | chatzor | Hazor | H2674 → | 18 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יָעַ֨ץ | yaatz | he has planned | H3289 → | 79 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם | ʾaleikhem | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֤ר | nevukhadretzar | Nebuchadnezzar | H5019 → | 60 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶל֙ | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| עֵצָ֔ה | ʾetzah | a plan | H6098 → | 89 times |
| וְחָשַׁ֥ב | vechashav | and he has purposed | H2803 → | 124 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾaleikhem | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַחֲשָׁבָֽה׃ | machashavah | a purpose | H4284 → | 56 times |
נֻסוּ֩flee
nusuH5127 →159 times
נֻּ֨דוּtake flight
nuduH5110 →24 times
מְאֹ֜דexceedingly
meodH3966 →300 times
הֶעְמִ֧יקוּmake deep
he'mikuH6009 →
לָשֶׁ֛בֶתto dwell
lashevetH3427 →1079 times
יֹשְׁבֵ֥יO inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
חָצ֖וֹרHazor
chatzorH2674 →18 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יָעַ֨ץhe has planned
yaatzH3289 →79 times
עֲלֵיכֶ֜םon you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֤רNebuchadnezzar
nevukhadretzarH5019 →60 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶל֙Babylon
bavelH894 →262 times
עֵצָ֔הa plan
ʾetzahH6098 →89 times
וְחָשַׁ֥בand he has purposed
vechashavH2803 →124 times
עֲלֵיכֶ֖םon you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times
מַחֲשָׁבָֽה׃a purpose
machashavahH4284 →56 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 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 29:18–20
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 13:3
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
- Jeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- Jeremiah 1:15
For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem.…
- Habakkuk 1:6–10
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
- Ezekiel 29:18–20
Through
Jeremiah 27:6So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 28:14
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of…
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
- Daniel 2:37–38
You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
- Jeremiah 28:14
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.