Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says:

“ Rise up, advance against Kedar,

and destroy the people of the east!

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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!’

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Run! Escape quickly!

Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD,

“for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon

has drawn up a plan against you;

he has devised a strategy against you.

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Rise up, advance against a nation at ease,

one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD.

“They have no gates [or] bars

they live alone.

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Their camels will become plunder,

and their large herds will be spoil.

I will scatter to the wind in every direction

those who shave their temples;

I will bring calamity on them

from all sides,” declares the LORD.

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“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals,[fn]

a desolation forever

No one will dwell there;

no man will abide there.”

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