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Jeremiah 49:29
They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah concerning the judgment on Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor. The prophecy addresses the moment when Nebuchadnezzar’s forces advance to destroy the people of the east.
The words — The Hebrew verbs יִקָּחוּ (yi.Ka.chu) and יִשְׂא֣וּ (yis.'U) literally mean "they will take away" and "they will carry off." These terms describe the forcible removal of the inhabitants' tents, flocks, curtains, equipment, and camels.
The thread — The declaration "Terror is on every side" matches the exact phrasing in Jeremiah 6:25 and describes the retreating panic in Jeremiah 46:5. It also resonates with the lament in Psalms 120:5 about dwelling among the tents of Kedar.
Why it lands — The text explicitly records the total seizure of nomadic property and the instillation of encircling panic. It requires the reader to acknowledge that military conquest systematically dismantles the material foundations of a people's security.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 6:25 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
- Jeremiah 46:5 Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 120:5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
- Habakkuk 3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
- Genesis 37:25 And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
- Judges 6:5 For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.
- Judges 7:12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Judges 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
- Judges 8:26 The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
- 1 Chronicles 5:20 And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.