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
49:32 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
1 tn Or “Let their tents…be taken….Let their tent…be carried…. Let people shout….”
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.
3 tn See the translator’s note at Jer 9:26 and compare the usage in 9:26 and 25:23.
4 tn Heb “Oracle of the