Jeremiah 49 Footnotes

49:33 Did this prophecy come true? Hazor in Galilee was destroyed in 732 BC (2Kg 15:29) and never again became a fortified city, but people did live there. This prophecy may refer to another city of the same name; there were several (Jos 15:23-25).

49:34-35 Zedekiah began his rule in 597 BC, and the defeat of Elam occurred in 596–594 BC. The text gives the date for Jeremiah’s prediction of the demise of Elam, not for the event itself which occurred a few years later. In any case, Zedekiah was king for ten years so the “beginning” of his reign need not be restricted to the immediate period of his accession to the throne.