Jeremiah 49:28
Of Kedar. And of the kingdoms of Hazor Which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote—Thus, saith Yahweh,—Arise ye go up against Kedar, So shall they spoil the sons of the East:
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In The King James Version
In Context
27Then will I kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus,—And it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Cross References
Genesis 25:13and these, are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names after their generations,—the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam;
1 Chronicles 1:29These, are their generations,—the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam;
Psalms 120:5Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek,—That I abide near the tents of Kedar!
Isaiah 11:14But they shall fly on the wing of the Philistines in the west, Together, shall they make prey of the sons of the east,—On Edom and Moab, putting forth their hand, With the sons of Ammon hearkening unto them.
Isaiah 21:13The oracle on Arabia,—Among the shrubs in Arabia, must ye lodge, Ye caravans of Dedanites.
Isaiah 42:11Let the wilderness shout, and the cities thereof, The villages wherein dwelleth Kedar,—Let the inhabitants of the crag, raise shouts of triumph, From the top of the mountains, let them cry aloud:
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 →