Jeremias 49:34

34 A palavra do Senhor, que veio a Jeremias, o profeta, acerca de Elão, no princípio do reinado de Zedequias, rei de Judá, dizendo:

Jeremias 49:34 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:34

The word of the Lord that came unto Jeremiah the prophet
against Elam
The Persians, as it is commonly understood, who descended from Elam the son of Shem, ( Genesis 10:22 ) ; according to Josephus {w}; but rather the country of Elymais is here designed; which, though in the times of Cyrus, was added to, and made a part of, the Persian empire, yet was a country distinct both from Persia and Media; and as such is spoken of by Pliny ^F24; though as near unto Persia, and bordering on Media; according to Stephanus ^F25, the Elymaites were a country that belonged to the Assyrians; and so Strabo ^F1 places the Elymaeans in Aturia or Assyria; and it seems very manifest that Elam served under Sennacherib, king of Assyria, when he besieged Jerusalem, ( Isaiah 22:6 ) ; and afterwards fell into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and became subject to him, which is the calamity here threatened them; for certain it is, that, in Belshazzar's time, Shushan in Elam was the royal seat of the kings of Babylon, ( Daniel 8:2 ) ; now this prophecy against Elam was delivered out in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah;
perhaps in the first year of his reign, ten or eleven years before the destruction of Jerusalem; how long before it had its accomplishment is not certain: saying:
as follows:

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 4.
F24 Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 25, 26, 27.
F25 De urbibus apud Cocceium in loc.
F1 Geograph. l. 16. in principio, 507.

Jeremias 49:34 In-Context

32 E os seus camelos serão para presa e a multidão do seu gado para despojo; e espalharei a todo o vento aqueles que cortam os cantos da sua cabeleira; e de todos os lados lhes trarei a sua calamidade, diz o Senhor.

33 Assim Hazor se tornará em morada de chacais, em desolação para sempre; ninguém habitará ali, nem peregrinará nela filho de homem.

34 A palavra do Senhor, que veio a Jeremias, o profeta, acerca de Elão, no princípio do reinado de Zedequias, rei de Judá, dizendo:

35 Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos: Eis que eu quebrarei o arco de Elão, o principal do seu poder.

36 E trarei sobre Elão os quatro ventos dos quatro cantos dos céus, e os espalharei para todos estes ventos; e não haverá nação aonde não cheguem os fugitivos de Elão.