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Jeremiah 49:32 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 32. 32And 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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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil” at Jeremiah 49:32 as part of “Kedar and Hazor Face Babylonian Raiding.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 49:28–33
Read Jeremiah 49:32 with 49:28–33. By itself, “And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Tent communities, flocks, curtains, camels, and perceived security are threatened by Nebuchadnezzar and enduring desolation.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Jeremiah 49:28–33. The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil” at Jeremiah 49:32 as part of “Kedar and Hazor Face Babylonian Raiding.” The literary form and this limit govern it: Nomadic people must not be stereotyped as primitive, and the oracle does not authorize raiding Bedouin or Arab communities.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 49:28–33 — Kedar and Hazor Face Babylonian RaidingSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 49:28–33, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 49:28–33
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