Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor — places that Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, is going to attack. This is what God says: 'Get up, march to Kedar, and destroy those eastern tribes.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God's calling the shots on which nations rise and fall — even the powerful eastern kingdoms aren't untouchable.
