Jeremiah 49:28 - Exposition

Hazer ( i.e. the settled Arabs) is said to have kingdoms . "King" is used in Hebrew in a wider sense than we are accustomed to (comp. Jeremiah 25:24 , "All the kings of Arabia"). The "kings" of Hazer would be mere sheikhs or emirs. Shall smite; rather, smote. There is no justification whatever for the future. The statement is obviously a later addition, to show that the prophecy was fulfilled. On the form "Nebuchadrezzar," see on Jeremiah 21:2 . The men of the east . A general designation of the inhabitants of all the countries in the east of Palestine ( Genesis 29:1 ; 6:3 ; Job 1:3 ).