Jeremiah 49:28

“Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, etc.] A new prophecy concerning the Arabians; for Kedar was a son of Ishmael, (<012513>Genesis 25:13); whose posterity inhabited Arabia Petraea. Hazor was Petra itself, the metropolis of the country, whose king had several petty kings and kingdoms under him; for this is not the Hazor in the land of Canaan destroyed by Joshua, which had been the head of several kingdoms; and where Jabin king of Canaan afterwards reigned, (<061110>Joshua 11:10) (<070402>Judges 4:2); though some think that some of those Hazorites in Joshua’s time made their escape, and fled into these parts, and built a city, and called it after the name of the former:…”

“Kedar--son of Ishmael (Gen 25:13). The Kedarenes led a wandering predatory life in Arabia-PetrÃ&brvbra, as the Bedouin Arabs (Ch2 21:16-17; Psa 120:5). Kedar means "blackness" (Sol 1:5). Hazor--not the city in Palestine, but a district in Arabia-PetrÃ&brvbra. "Kingdoms" refer to the several combinations of clans, each under its own sheik. men of the east--Kedar and Hazor were east of Judea (Jdg 6:3; Job 1:3).”

“Hazor, derived from a word signifying an unwalled village, is a general appellative of those Arab tribes who were partially settled, while Kedar signifies the Bedawin, who used only tents. Some think that Hazor is another way of spelling Jetor, i. e., Ituraea, whose inhabitants, with the Kedarenes, would naturally be called the sons of the East. Shall smite - Or, smote. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Kedar - Was one of the sons of Ishmael, whose posterity inhabited part of Arabia Petraea. Hazor was the head city to several kingdoms in Joshua's time. Jeremiah 49:29”

“49:28-33 The nomads of Kedar roamed freely in the upper Arabian Desert east of Palestine. They were a belligerent people (Ps 120:5-7; Isa 21:13-16) who raised flocks and herds for lucrative trade with Tyre (Ezek 27:21). • Hazor was a region east of Damascus inhabited by nomads. • The poem urges King Nebuchadnezzar to attack, and it describes the impact of the battles. 49:28-29 The Babylonians wanted to defeat the warriors of Kedar so they could capture their rich household goods and camels.”

“Kedar: Jer 2:10; Gen 25:13; Ch1 1:29; Sol 1:5; Isa 21:13, Isa 21:16, Isa 21:17, Isa 42:11; Eze 27:21 Hazor: Jer 49:30, Jer 49:33 Arise: Jer 49:14, Jer 49:31, Jer 50:14-16; Isa 13:2-5 spoil: Gen 25:6; Jdg 6:3; Job 1:3; Isa 11:14 Jeremiah 49:29”

“"Concerning Kedar and the Kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon smote." (The Kethib נבוּכדראצּור is perhaps merely an error in transcription occasioned by the occurrence of the preceding חצור). Kedar, the Kedarenes, a Bedouin nation descended from Ishmael, dwelling in tents throughout the region between Arabia Petraea and Babylonia (see on Gen 25:13 and Eze 27:21), is here, no doubt, a general name for all the nomadic tribes and shepherd nations of Arabia. Hazor elsewhere occurs only as the name of various cities in Palestine ( Jos 11:1; Jos 15:23, Jos 15:25; Jos 19:23; Nah. 11:33), of which we need not think here, since it is Arabians who are spoken of. No locality or…”