Jeremiah 49:28-33

The Arabian Tribes. Kedar (Jeremiah 2:10) a branch of the Ishmaelites (Genesis 25:13), is here used generically for Arab tribes E. of Palestine. Hazor, perhaps a collective term meaning settlements, seems to denote Arabs in village communities, as distinct from the nomadic tribes. Yahweh summons the foe (here identified with the Babylonians, though no campaign of Nebuchadrezzar against Arabs is known), and promises that they shall capture the nomads-' tents and camels. The village-dwellers are told to seek a refuge (dwell deep, as in Jeremiah 49:8), and the foe is called (Jeremiah 49:31) to attack this defenceless people, confident in their isolation, who shall be spoiled and scattered, and their villages laid waste (Jeremiah 49:33; cf. Jeremiah 9:11).

Jeremiah 49:29. curtains: tent-hangings, Jeremiah 4:20; for the cry, cf. Jeremiah 6:25.

Jeremiah 49:31. alone: Deuteronomy 33:28, Psalms 48 (mg.) ; with whole verse cf. Ezekiel 38:11, its source.

Jeremiah 49:32. the corners (of their hair) polled: corner-clipt, see Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 25:23.