Jeremiah 49:28
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. 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.
Jeremiah 49:28 stands within Jeremiah's prophecies against the nations. It is spoken concerning Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, foretelling that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite them, bidding him arise, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. The Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar harassed the Ishmaelite tribes named in Jeremiah 49:28-38 and nearly destroyed some of them, though they did not subdue the Arabs as a whole.
In these prophecies against the nations ancient Babylon is set forth not only as an empire but also as a type of mystical Babylon.