A message about Kedar and Hazor

28 This is a message about the Kedar people-group and the kingdom of Hazor which the army of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon attacked. This is what Yahweh says:

“I will cause an army to advance to attack Kedar

and destroy those people who live east of Judah.

29 Their tents and their flocks of sheep will be captured.

The curtains in their tents and their camels and their other possessions will be taken away.

Everywhere men will shout,

‘We are terrified because terrible things are happening all around us!’

30 So I, Yahweh, say, ‘Run away quickly!

You people who live in Hazor, go and hide in deep caves,

because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon wants to attack you with his army;

he is planning to destroy you!’

31 But I say to Nebuchadnezzar,

‘Go up and attack that nation whose people feel secure;

they do not have allies who will help them and do not have walls with gates that have bars in them.

32 Your troops will seize their camels and other livestock.

I will scatter in every direction [IDM] those people who live in remote places (OR, who cut their hair short).

I will cause them to experience disasters from every direction.

33 Hazor will become a place where jackals/wolves live,

and it will be deserted forever.

No one will live there again;

no one will settle there [DOU].’ ”