Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

JEREMIAH 49:30KJV
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Jeremiah 49:30 (KJV)

What does Jeremiah 49:30 mean?

Jeremiah 49:30 is a warning from God, delivered through the prophet Jeremiah, telling the people living in Hazor to run away and hide far from danger because Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, is planning to attack them. The verse urges the inhabitants to take the threat seriously and seek safety before the invasion comes.

In this verse, Jeremiah is speaking to the people of Hazor, a region or group in the ancient Near East, on behalf of the LORD (God). The situation is one of impending danger: Nebuchadrezzar, the powerful Babylonian king, has made plans to conquer Hazor. The language is urgent and direct, emphasizing the need to escape quickly and find a place of deep hiding, showing the seriousness of the threat.

The Hebrew behind Jeremiah 49:30

  • "Flee" (נוּס, nus, H5127) means to run away or escape quickly. The command is urgent, not just a suggestion, highlighting the immediate danger.
  • "Dwell deep" (שָׁכַן עָמֹק, shakan amoq, H3427 H6009) carries the sense of hiding in a remote or hard-to-find place, not just leaving town but finding real shelter.
  • "Counsel" (עֵצָה, etsah, H6098) and "conceived a purpose" (חָשַׁב מְזִמָּה, chashav mezimmah, H2803 H4284) show that Nebuchadrezzar’s attack is not random but carefully planned. The threat is deliberate and calculated, not accidental.

Why Jeremiah 49:30 matters

  • This verse clears up that the warning is not just general advice but a direct response to a specific, planned threat from Babylon, making the urgency very real.
  • The command to "dwell deep" shows that surface-level precautions are not enough; true safety requires going to great lengths, which highlights the seriousness of the coming danger.
  • Jeremiah 49:30 fits into a larger section where God, through Jeremiah, warns various nations about coming judgment, showing that God’s messages were not only for Israel but for other peoples as well.

Where else these words appear

“deep” Hebrew H6009 · used in 9 verses

  • Psalms 92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
  • Isaiah 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
  • Jeremiah 49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

“Hazor” Hebrew H2674 · used in 17 verses

  • Joshua 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
  • Joshua 15:23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
  • 1 Samuel 12:9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

“get” Hebrew H5110 · used in 24 verses

  • Genesis 4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
  • Psalms 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
  • Jeremiah 18:16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

“purpose” Hebrew H4284 · used in 52 verses

  • Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Psalms 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
  • Isaiah 66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.