Jeremiah 49:31
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
Jeremiah 49:31 stands within that larger portion of Jeremiah devoted to prophecies against foreign nations, a section in which Babylon figures with special prominence. It belongs in particular to Jeremiah's prophecies concerning the nations appointed to fall before Nebuchadnezzar. Its immediate context in Jeremiah 49:28-38 concerns the history of the Ishmaelites and the Arab tribes, peoples who kept their freedom and were never fully subdued even though powerful nations directed repeated campaigns against them and harassed them severely.