KJV King James Version
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them [that are] in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 49:32
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them [that are] in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their livestock a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter unto all winds them that have the corners of their hair cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, saith Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And their camels have been for a prey, And the multitude of their cattle for a spoil, And I have scattered them to every wind, Who cut off the corner of the beard, And from all its passages I bring in their calamity, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 49
29 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.
30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, [which] dwell alone.
32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them [that are] in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, [and] a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor [any] son of man dwell in it.
34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
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וְהָי֨וּH1961 · ha.yahto beגְמַלֵּיהֶ֜םH1581 · ga.malcamelלָבַ֗זH957 · bazplunderוַהֲמ֤וֹןH1995 · ha.moncrowdמִקְנֵיהֶם֙H4735 · miq.nehlivestockלְשָׁלָ֔לH7998 · sha.lalspoilוְזֵרִתִ֥יםH2219 · za.rahto scatterלְכָל־H3605 · kolallר֖וּחַH7307 · ru.achspiritקְצוּצֵ֣יH7112 · qa.tsatsto cutפֵאָ֑הH6285 · pe.ahsideוּמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallעֲבָרָ֛יוH5676 · e.verside: besideאָבִ֥יאH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֵידָ֖םH343 · edcalamityנְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Jeremiah 9:26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all [that are] in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all [these] nations [are] uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in the heart.Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all [that are] in the utmost corners,Ezekiel 12:14-15And I will scatter toward every wind all that [are] about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.Jeremiah 49:36And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.Ezekiel 5:10Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.Ezekiel 5:12A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.Deuteronomy 28:64And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone.
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