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Jeremiah 49:30

Jeremiah 49:30
Flee, 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor,

saith the Lord,.... The same is said to the inhabitants of Dedan; see Gill on Jer 49:8;

for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

A purpose against you - Others read “against them” (the wealthy nation, Jer 49:31).

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 49:28-33

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),…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

dwell deep See on Jer 49:49, whence the expression may be borrowed. It is less suitable to the wandering tribes of Bedawin here addressed.

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