Jer 49:28 | JFB | STEP | 28. Kedar-- son of Ishmael ( ). The Kedarenes led a wandering predatory life in Arabia-Petræa, as the Bedouin Arabs ( , ; ). Kedar means "blackness" ( ). Hazor-- not the city in Palestine, but a district in Arabia-Petræa. "Kingdoms" refer to the several combinations of clans, each under its own sheik. men of the east-- Kedar and Hazor were east of Judea ( ; ).

‏ Jeremiah 49:28

28. Kedar--son of Ishmael (Ge 25:13). The Kedarenes led a wandering predatory life in Arabia-Petræa, as the Bedouin Arabs (2Ch 21:16, 17; Psa 120:5). Kedar means "blackness" (So 1:5).

Hazor--not the city in Palestine, but a district in Arabia-Petræa. "Kingdoms" refer to the several combinations of clans, each under its own sheik.

men of the east--Kedar and Hazor were east of Judea (Jud 6:3; Job 1:3).