Jeremiah 49:30

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. FLEE ... DWELL DEEP - (note, ). No conqueror would venture to follow them into the desert....

Jeremiah continues here the same subject, but more clearly expresses what he had said, _Flee_, he says, _depart far away _What follows I read as a parenthesis, _Deep have they made to dwell, the inhabitants of Hazor _Then Jeremiah proceeds with his subject, _because consulted against you has Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon_, etc. He then bids them to _flee _to a distance, because Nebuchadnezzar had resolved to destroy them. By _counsel _and _thought _or purpose, the Prophet means the secret means by which he subdued the people when they feared no such thing. As then these shepherds lived securely on their mountains, Nebuchadnezzar prepared his forces, and divided them; and thus were these taken by his counsel and craft less than by strength. What the Prophet says here of the _counsel _and _device _of Nebuchadnezzar is not superfluous, because he indirectly touched on the sloth of tha...

28-33 Nebuchadnezzar would make desolation among the people of Kedar, who dwelt in the deserts of Arabia. He who conquered many strong cities, will not leave those unconquered that dwell in tents. He will do this to gratify his own covetousness and ambition; but God orders it for correcting an unthankful people, and for warning a careless world to expect trouble when they seem most safe. They shall flee, get far off, and dwell deep in the deserts; they shall be dispersed. But privacy and obscurity are not always protection and security....

Verse Jeremiah 49:30. _DWELL DEEP_] Retire into the depths of the _desert_. See on Jeremiah 49:8. _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....

A PURPOSE AGAINST YOU - Others read “against them” (the wealthy nation, Jeremiah 49:31)....

EXPOSITION On Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazer, and Elam. JEREMIAH 49:1 The violence of the Ammonites shall be severely punished. JEREMIAH 49:1 HATH ISRAEL NO SONS! The violent seizure, perpetrated before his eyes, of parts of the sacred territory, forces the indignant question from the prophet, "How can these things be?" It was so on a former occasion (see Jeremiah 2:14), and it is so again, now that the Ammonites are occupying the land of the Gadites. True, the present generation has lost its property, but the next is the heir to all its rights and privileges. THEIR KING; rather, _their King—_the

FLEE, GET YOU FAR OFF, DWELL DEEP, O YE INHABITANTS OF HAZOR, SAITH THE LORD,.... The same is said to the inhabitants of Dedan, Jeremiah 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....

CHAPTER 49 Concerning Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, and Elam _ 1. Concerning the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:1) _ 2. Concerning Edom (Jeremiah 49:7) 3. Concerning Damascus (Jeremiah 49:23) 4. Concerning Kedar and Hazor (Jeremiah 49:28) 5. Against Elam (Jeremiah 49:34) Ammon was the younger brother of Moab, and, like the Moabites, the Ammonites were a wicked people, though they had no cities like Moab, but were restless wanderers; they were also the enemies of Israel. The predic

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

CONCEIVED. PURPOSE. devised. device. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._...