Jeremiah 49:29-30

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 

[49:29]  ¹ tn Or “Let their tents…be taken….Let their tent…be carried…. Let people shout….”

[49:29]  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.

[49:30]  ³ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[49:30]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[49:30]  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.

[49:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “has counseled a counsel against you, has planned a plan against you.”