Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
wealthy—rather, "tranquil" (I Chronicles 4:40).
neither gates nor bars—The Arabs, lying out of the track of the contending powers of Asia and Africa, took no measures of defense and had neither walled cities nor gates (Ezekiel 38:11). They thought their scanty resources and wilderness position would tempt no foe.
alone—separated from other nations, without allies; and from one another scattered asunder. So as to Israel's isolation (Numbers 23:9; Deuteronomy 33:28; Micah 7:14).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 49:31:
Jeremiah 25:24
Micah 5:11
Micah 7:14
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