Jeremiah 49:28
A prophecy about the land of Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that were attacked by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. This is what the Lord says: Go and attack Kedar; destroy the people of the east!
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27I'm going to set fire to the walls of Damascus; that will burn down the fortresses of Ben-hadad.
Cross References
Genesis 25:13These were the names of the sons of Ishmael according to their family genealogy: Nebaioth (firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
1 Chronicles 1:29These were their descendants: Nebaioth was the firstborn son of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Psalms 120:5I'm sorry for myself, because I live as a foreigner in Meshech, or among the tent-dwellers of Kedar.
Isaiah 11:14Together they will fly downhill to attack the Philistines to the west; they will plunder the people of the east. They will defeat Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will become their subjects.
Isaiah 21:13A message about Arabia. Caravans from Dedan, spend the night in the bushes.
Isaiah 42:11Let the people in the desert and its towns shout; let the people of the villages of Kedar cry out loud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountain-tops.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:24-28
The Judgment of Damascus. ( b. c. 595.) 23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are faint hearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,… Read the whole commentary →