Jeremiah 49:29 “They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all the…”

Jeremiah 49:29

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!’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

World English Bible

They will take their tents and their flocks. they will carry away for themselves their curtains, all their vessels, and their camels; and they will cry to them, ‘Terror on every side!’

American Standard Version

Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!

Geneva Bible 1599

Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: yea, they shall take to themselues their curtaines and all their vessels, and their camels, and they shall crie vnto them, Feare is on euery side.

Darby Translation

Their tents and their flocks shall they take; their curtains and all their vessels, and their camels, shall they carry away for themselves; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!

Young's Literal Translation

Their tents and their flock they do take, Their curtains, and all their vessels, And their camels, they bear away for themselves, And they called concerning them, Fear [is] round about.

Bible in Basic English

Their tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels: they will give a cry to them, Fear on every side.

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Cross references

“tents”

Psalm 120:5 Isaiah 13:20 Isaiah 60:7

Psalm 120:5 · BSB

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

Isaiah 13:20 · BSB

She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.

Isaiah 60:7 · BSB

All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

“curtains”

Habakkuk 3:7 Jeremiah 4:20 Jeremiah 10:20

Habakkuk 3:7 · BSB

I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.

Jeremiah 4:20 · BSB

Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 10:20 · BSB

My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.

“camels”

Genesis 37:25 Judges 6:5 Judges 7:12 Judges 8:21 Judges 8:26 Job 1:3

Genesis 37:25 · BSB

And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

Judges 6:5 · BSB

For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.

Judges 7:12 · BSB

Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Judges 8:21 · BSB

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

Judges 8:26 · BSB

The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

Job 1:3 · BSB

and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

“Fear”

Jeremiah 6:25 Jeremiah 46:5 Jeremiah 49:24 Psalm 31:13 2 Corinthians 4:8 2 Corinthians 7:5

Jeremiah 6:25 · BSB

Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

Jeremiah 46:5 · BSB

Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:24 · BSB

Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.

Psalm 31:13 · BSB

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

2 Corinthians 4:8 · BSB

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

2 Corinthians 7:5 · BSB

For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28Concerning 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!

30Run! 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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