Jeremiah 49:28-30

Contemporary English Version

Nebuchadnezzar and the People of the Desert

²⁸Here is what the Lord says about the Kedar tribe and the desert villages^[a] that were conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar^[b] of Babylonia:

Listen, you people of Kedar
and the other tribes
    of the eastern desert.
I have told Nebuchadnezzar
    to attack and destroy you.
²⁹His fearsome army
    will surround you,
taking your tents and possessions,
    your sheep and camels.

³⁰Run and hide,
you people of the desert
who live in villages!^[c]
Nebuchadnezzar has big plans
for you.

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Footnotes

49.28 desert villages: The Hebrew text has “kingdoms of Hazor,” which probably refers to several kingdoms of desert peoples who were not nomads, but who lived in small villages.
49.28 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.
49.30 villages: See the note at 49.28.