Yeremia 49:29

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 

Yeremia 49:32

49:32 Their camels will be taken as plunder.

Their vast herds will be taken as spoil.

I will scatter to the four winds

those desert peoples who cut their hair short at the temples. ³ 

I will bring disaster against them

from every direction,” says the Lord. ⁴ 

[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.

[49:32]  ³ tn See the translator’s note at Jer 9:26 and compare the usage in 9:26 and 25:23.

[49:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”