Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
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Gill's Exposition
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation,.... Or, "to the nation that is at ease" (s); the people that live quietly and in peace; have no wars with their neighbours, nor any among themselves; which…
Barnes' Notes
The wealthy nation - Or, a nation at rest, living securely and in confidence. Which dwell alone - They dwell alone, i. e., have neither alliances with other nations, nor contact by commerce.
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),…
These vv. are in all probability a later addition, influenced by Eze 38:11.
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