Jeremia 49:34

34 Das Wort Jehovas, welches zu Jeremia, dem Propheten, geschah über Elam, im Anfang der Regierung Zedekias, des Königs von Juda, indem er sprach:

Jeremia 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.

Jeremia 49:34 In-Context

32 Und ihre Kamele sollen zum Raube und die Menge ihrer Herden zur Beute werden; und ich werde sie, die mit geschorenen Haarrändern, nach allen Winden hin zerstreuen, und werde ihr Verderben bringen von allen Seiten her, spricht Jehova.

33 Und Hazor wird zur Wohnung der Schakale werden, zur Wüste in Ewigkeit; niemand wird daselbst wohnen und kein Menschenkind darin weilen.

34 Das Wort Jehovas, welches zu Jeremia, dem Propheten, geschah über Elam, im Anfang der Regierung Zedekias, des Königs von Juda, indem er sprach:

35 So spricht Jehova der Heerscharen: Siehe, ich zerbreche den Bogen Elams, seine vornehmste Stärke.

36 Und ich werde die vier Winde von den vier Enden des Himmels her über Elam bringen und es nach allen diesen Winden hin zerstreuen; und es soll keine Nation geben, wohin nicht Vertriebene Elams kommen werden.