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Jeremiah 49:31 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 49 · verse 31
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.Jeremiah 49:31 · King James Version
Jeremiah 49:31 in context
29Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
30Flee, 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.
31Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
32And 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.
33And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- dwellethyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- wealthyshâlêvtranquilH7961 →
- nationgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- Ariseqûwmto riseH6965 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- gatesdelethsomething swingingH1817 →
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These verses foretell the desolation that Nebuchadnezzar and his forces should make among the people of Kedar (who descended from Kedar the son of Ishmael, and inhabited a part of Arabia the Stony), and of the kingdoms, the petty principalities, of Hazor, that joined to them, who perhaps were originally Canaanites, of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 28-33