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.

Concerning Kedar - son of Ishmael (). The Kedarenes led a wandering predatory life in Arabia Petraea, as the Bedouin Arabs (; ). Kedar means blackness [qaadar] ().

Concerning the kingdoms of Hazor - not the city in Palestine, but a district in Arabia Petraea. "The kingdoms" refer to the several combinations of clans, each under its own sheikh.

Spoil the men of the east - Kedar and Hazor were east of Judea (; ).

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