Jeremiah 49:32

And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. THEIR CAMELS SHALL BE A BOOTY - camels were their chief possessions; hot-fields or vineyards. THEM THAT ARE IN THE UTMOST CORNERS - who seemed least likely to be dispersed Or else 'having the hair THEM THAT ARE IN THE UTMOST CORNERS - who seemed least likely to be dispersed. Or else, 'having the hair shaven (or clipped) in angles' (note, ; ). (Grotius.) I WILL BRING THEIR CALAMITY FROM ALL SIDES - which will force even those in "the utmost corners" to "scatter" themse...

It now follows, _1 will disperse them to every wind _Here Jeremiah predicts the scattering of that nation. It sometimes happens that a country is plundered by enemies, when yet the inhabitants, stripped of their goods, remain there and live in poverty. But together with poverty, Jeremiah declares that there would be no ordinary exile, for the words are emphatical, _I will scatter them to every wind _There is here an implied contrast between that people and chaff; for as the chaff is carried away in all directions by blasts of wind, so would be, as Jeremiah shews, the scattering of that people. And he mentions also _the utmost corners_, קצוצי פאה,_kotsutsi pae Jerome _usually renders the words, “shorn of hair,” but very improperly; for there is no reason why the other people mentioned before should be thus called; for in Jeremiah 7:0 and...

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 49:32. _THE UTMOST CORNERS_] Even in these utmost inaccessible recesses the sword and pillage shall reach them. "'The utmost corners;' insulated coasts; the peninsula of Arabia." - _Blayney_....

THEM ... CORNERS - Or, those who clip the corners of their beards (compare Jeremiah 9:26)....

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

AND THEIR CAMELS SHALL BE A BOOTY,.... To the Chaldean army, as before, Jeremiah 49:29; AND THE MULTITUDE OF THEIR CATTLE A SPOIL; TO THE SAME; the Kedarenes had large flocks of sheep, as well as a multitude of camels, on which they lived, and in which their substance lay; see Isaiah 60:6; AND I WILL SCATTER INTO ALL WINDS THEM [THAT ARE] IN THE UTMOST CORNERS; them that were gone with their flocks to feed them in the uttermost parts of their land; who, on hearing of the Chaldean army being entered and ravaging their country, would leave their flocks, and flee and be dispersed in the several parts of the world: or, "them that are cut in the corner" u; in the corners of their beard; that have their hair cut all around, as the Arabians had;...

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

ALL WINDS. all quarters. winds. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. IN THE UTMOST CORNERS. have the corners of their hair or beards polled. Compare Jeremiah 9:26....