49:29 Their tents and their flocks will be taken away.
Their tent curtains, equipment, and camels will be carried off.
People will shout 1 to them,
‘Terror is all around you!’” 2
49:30 The Lord says, 3 “Flee quickly, you who live in Hazor. 4
Take up refuge in remote places. 5
For King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has laid out plans to attack you.
He has formed his strategy on how to defeat you.” 6
1 tn Or “Let their tents…be taken….Let their tent…be carried…. Let people shout….”
2 sn This expression is a favorite theme in the book of Jeremiah. It describes the terrors of war awaiting the people of Judah and Jerusalem (6:25), the Egyptians at Carchemish (46:5), and here the Kedarites.
3 tn Heb “Oracle of the
4 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.
5 tn Heb “Make deep to dwell.” See Jer 49:8 and the translator’s note there. The use of this same phrase here argues against the alternative there of going down from a height and going back home.
6 tn Heb “has counseled a counsel against you, has planned a plan against you.”