Jeremías 49:37

37 Aterraré a Elam frente a sus enemigos,frente a los que atentan contra su vida;desataré mi ardiente ira,y traeré sobre ellos calamidad—afirma el SEÑOR—.Haré que la espada los persigahasta que los haya exterminado.

Jeremías 49:37 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:37

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,
&c.] Frightened; thrown into the utmost consternation, so that they shall have no heart nor spirit to go out against them, and meet them, and defend themselves; but make all haste imaginable to flee from them, such a panic would seize them: and before them that seek their life;
a further description of their enemies; they being such, who, not content with their substance, sought to take away their lives; nothing less would satisfy them, being: cruel and blood thirsty ones: and I will bring evil upon them, [even] my fierce anger, saith the
Lord;
and a greater evil than that cannot be; signifying that the destruction that should be made among them would be the effect of the wrath of God upon them for their sins: and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them;
that is, those that slay with the sword, as the Targum; these should go after those that fled, and destroy them, till the greater part of them were consumed; for all of them that were taken were not destroyed; or otherwise there would have been none to return from captivity, as is promised at the close of this prophecy.

Jeremías 49:37 In-Context

35 Así dice el SEÑORTodopoderoso:«Voy a quebrar el arco de Elam;voy a acabar con lo mejor de su poderío.

36 Voy a desatar contra Elam los cuatro vientosdesde los cuatro confines de la tierra.Los voy a esparcir por los cuatro vientos,y no quedará nación algunaadonde no lleguen sus desterrados.

37 Aterraré a Elam frente a sus enemigos,frente a los que atentan contra su vida;desataré mi ardiente ira,y traeré sobre ellos calamidad—afirma el SEÑOR—.Haré que la espada los persigahasta que los haya exterminado.

38 Estableceré mi trono en Elam,y destruiré a su rey y a sus oficiales—afirma el SEÑOR—.

39 »Pero en los días venideroscambiaré la suerte de Elam»,afirma el SEÑOR.