Jeremiah 49:32-39

32 And their camels will become as plunder, and the multitude of their livestock as spoil. And I will scatter to every wind [those who] are trimmed to [the] side, and from {every side} I will bring their disaster," {declares} Yahweh.
33 "And Hazor will become as a lair of jackals, a waste forever; no one will live there, and no son of humankind will dwell as an alien in it."

A Message Concerning Elam

34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the king of Judah, {saying},
35 "Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Look, I [am] going to break the bow of Elam, the first and best of their might.
36 And I will bring to Elam four winds, from the four corners of heaven, and I will scatter them to all these winds, and there will not be a nation where the scattered people of Elam will not go.
37 So I will shatter Elam {before} their enemies, and {before} the seekers of their life. And I will bring disaster upon them, {my burning anger},' {declares} Yahweh. 'And I will send after them the sword until I have destroyed them.
38 And I will set my throne in Elam and I will destroy from there king and officials,' {declares} Yahweh.
39 '{And then} in the last of the days I will restore the fortunes of Elam,' {declares} Yahweh."

Jeremiah 49:32-39 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 49

This chapter contains prophecies concerning the judgments of God on several nations and kingdoms, chiefly bordering on the land of Israel; on the Ammonites, Jer 49:1-6; on the Edomites, Jer 49:7-22; on the kingdom of Damascus, or the Syrians, Jer 49:23-27; on the Kedarenes or Arabians, Jer 49:28-33; and on the Elamites or Persians, Jer 49:34-39.

Footnotes 11

  • [a]. Literally "all his sides"
  • [b]. Literally "a declaration of"
  • [c]. Literally "to say"
  • [d]. Literally "to the face of"
  • [e]. Literally "to the face of"
  • [f]. Literally "the blaze of my nose"
  • [g]. Literally "a declaration of"
  • [h]. Literally "a declaration of"
  • [i]. Literally "And it will happen"
  • [j]. Hebrew "fortune"
  • [k]. Literally "a declaration of"
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