The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 49:28

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Hazer (i.e. the settled Arabs) is said to have kingdoms. "King" is used in Hebrew in a wider sense than we are accustomed to (comp. Jeremiah 25:24, "All the kings of Arabia"). The "kings" of Hazer would be mere sheikhs or emirs.

Shall smite; rather, smote. There is no justification whatever for the future. The statement is obviously a later addition, to show that the prophecy was fulfilled. On the form "Nebuchadrezzar," see on Jeremiah 21:2.

The men of the east. A general designation of the inhabitants of all the countries in the east of Palestine (Genesis 29:1; 6:3; Job 1:3).

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