Focused Passage

Jeremiah 49:28-33

The Nations Summoned Down: Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, Hazor, and Elam under the LORD’s Rule

The chapter moves through five major judgment units: Ammon’s usurpation and future restoration, Edom’s proud wisdom and mountain security brought low, Damascus’s famed city melting in fear, Kedar and Hazor’s desert security plundered by Babylon, and Elam’s bow broken and people scattered before a final restoration promise.

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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!

29They 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!’

30Run! 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.

31Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.

32Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.

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

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References and Original Words

Verse 28

Original words

Concerning Kedarלְקֵדָ֣ר׀H6938Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singularand the kingdomsוּֽלְמַמְלְכ֣וֹתH4467Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural constructof Hazorחָצ֗וֹרH2674Noun - proper - feminine singularwhichאֲשֶׁ֤רH834Pronoun - relativeNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצּוֹרH5020Noun - proper - masculine singularkingמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428Noun - masculine singular constructof Babylonבָּבֶ֔לH894Noun - proper - feminine singulardefeatedהִכָּה֙H5221Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularthis is whatכֹּ֖הH3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularsaysאָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularRise upק֚וּמוּH6965Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluraladvanceעֲל֣וּH5927Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralagainstאֶל־H413PrepositionKedarקֵדָ֔רH6938Noun - proper - feminine singularand destroyוְשָׁדְד֖וּH7703Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe peopleבְּנֵי־H1121Noun - masculine plural constructof the eastקֶֽדֶם׃H6924Noun - masculine singular
Verse 29

Original words

They will takeיִקָּ֔חוּH3947Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluraltheir tentsאָהֳלֵיהֶ֤םH168Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluraland flocksוְצֹאנָם֙H6629Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluraltheir tent curtainsיְרִיעוֹתֵיהֶ֧םH3407Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluraland allוְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructtheir goodsכְּלֵיהֶ֛םH3627Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralThey will takeיִשְׂא֣וּH5375Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural. . .לָהֶ֑םPreposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine pluraltheir camels for themselvesוּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םH1581Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralThey will shoutוְקָרְא֧וּH7121Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralto themעֲלֵיהֶ֛םH5921Preposition | third person masculine pluralTerrorמָג֖וֹרH4032Noun - masculine singularis on every sideמִסָּבִֽיב׃H5439Preposition-m | Adverb
Verse 30

Original words

Runנֻסוּ֩H5127Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralEscapeנֻּ֨דוּH5110Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralquicklyמְאֹ֜דH3966AdverbLieלָשֶׁ֛בֶתH3427Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructlowהֶעְמִ֧יקוּH6009Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine pluralO residentsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructof Hazorחָצ֖וֹרH2674Noun - proper - feminine singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularforכִּֽי־H3588ConjunctionNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֤רH5019Noun - proper - masculine singularkingמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428Noun - masculine singular constructof Babylonבָּבֶל֙H894Noun - proper - feminine singularhas drawn upיָעַ֨ץH3289Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singulara planעֵצָ֔הH6098Noun - feminine singularagainst youעֲלֵיכֶ֜םH5921Preposition | second person masculine pluralhe has devisedוְחָשַׁ֥בH2803Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singulara strategyמַחֲשָׁבָֽה׃H4284Noun - feminine singularagainst youעֲלֵיהֶםH5921Preposition | second person masculine plural
Verse 31

Original words

Rise upק֣וּמוּH6965Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluraladvanceעֲל֗וּH5927Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralagainstאֶל־H413Prepositiona nationגּ֥וֹיH1471Noun - masculine singularat easeשְׁלֵ֛יוH7961Adjective - masculine singularone that dwellsיוֹשֵׁ֥בH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularsecurelyלָבֶ֖טַחH983Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularThey have noלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlegatesדְלָתַ֧יִםH1817Noun - fd[or]וְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlebarsבְרִ֛יחַH1280Noun - masculine singularthey liveיִשְׁכֹּֽנוּ׃H7931Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralaloneבָּדָ֥דH910Noun - masculine singular
Verse 32

Original words

Their camelsגְמַלֵּיהֶ֜םH1581Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralwill becomeוְהָי֨וּH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralplunderלָבַ֗זH957Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularand their largeוַהֲמ֤וֹןH1995Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructherdsמִקְנֵיהֶם֙H4735Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralwill be spoilלְשָׁלָ֔לH7998Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularI will scatterוְזֵרִתִ֥יםH2219Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine pluralto the windר֖וּחַH7307Noun - common singularin every directionלְכָל־H3605Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructthose who shaveקְצוּצֵ֣יH7112Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural constructtheir templesפֵאָ֑הH6285Noun - feminine singularI will bringאָבִ֥יאH935Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markercalamity on themאֵידָ֖םH343Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralfrom allוּמִכָּל־H3605Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructsidesעֲבָרָ֛יוH5676Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 33

Original words

Hazorחָצ֜וֹרH2674Noun - proper - feminine singularwill becomeוְהָיְתָ֨הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singulara hauntלִמְע֥וֹןH4583Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructfor jackalsתַּנִּ֛יםH8577Noun - common plurala desolationשְׁמָמָ֖הH8077Noun - feminine singularforeverעַד־H5704Preposition. . .עוֹלָ֑םH5769Noun - masculine singularNoלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleoneאִ֔ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularwill dwellיֵשֵׁ֥בH3427Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthereשָׁם֙H8033Adverbnoוְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlemanבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular construct. . .אָדָֽם׃סH120Noun - masculine singularwill abideיָג֥וּרH1481Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthereבָּ֖הּPreposition | third person feminine singular

BSB notes

  • Or serpents or dragons

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