Jeremías 49:37

37 "Destrozaré a Elam delante de sus enemigos y delante de los que buscan sus vidas; traeré sobre ellos calamidad, el ardor de mi ira"declara el SEÑOR "y enviaré tras ellos la espada hasta que los haya acabado.

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 SEÑOR de los ejércitos: "He aquí, quebraré el arco de Elam, lo mejor de su fortaleza.

36 "Y traeré sobre Elam los cuatro vientos desde los cuatro extremos del cielo, y a todos estos vientos los esparciré; no habrá nación adonde no vayan los expulsados de Elam.

37 "Destrozaré a Elam delante de sus enemigos y delante de los que buscan sus vidas; traeré sobre ellos calamidad, el ardor de mi ira"declara el SEÑOR "y enviaré tras ellos la espada hasta que los haya acabado.

38 "Entonces pondré mi trono en Elam, y allí destruiré al rey y a los príncipes declara el SEÑOR.

39 "Pero sucederá en los postreros días que restauraré el bienestar de Elam" declara el SEÑOR.