Study it in the app“Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck. Thus says YHWH: Rise up, go up against Kedar, and devastate the sons of the east!”
Concerning Kedarלְקֵדָרand the kingdomsוּלְמַמְלְכוֹתof Hazor,חָצוֹרwhichאֲשֶׁרNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלstruck.הִכָּהThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהRise up,קוּמוּgo upעֲלוּagainst Kedar,אֶל קֵדָרand devastateוְשָׁדְדוּthe sonsבְּנֵיof the east!קֶדֶם
Kedar
Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also a tribe of the Arabian desert.
Where else “kedar” appearskingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlchot” appearsHazor
See it on the mapWhere else “chatsor” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hika” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsrise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “kumu” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appearsdevastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shaddu” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearseast
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appears1Hazor
Today: Tel Hazor ruins, Israel
A city in northern Israel, about 9 miles (15 km) north of the Sea of Galilee.
Joshua defeated and burned it (Josh 11:10-11). Later its king Jabin oppressed Israel until Deborah and Barak defeated him (Judg 4:2). Solomon fortified it (1 Kgs 9:15).
2Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
27And I will kindle fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
28 · This verse (above)
29Their tents and their flocks they will take; their curtains and all their goods and their camels they will carry off for themselves; and they will call out against them, “Terror on every side!”
