Yēlìmǐshū 49:38

38 Wǒ yào zaì Yǐlán shèlì wǒde bǎozuò , cóng nàli chúmiĕ jūnwáng hé shǒulǐng . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .

Yēlìmǐshū 49:38 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:38

And I will set my throne in Elam
Either when Alexander subdued it, or Cyrus, or rather Nebuchadnezzar, whose palace probably was, as it is certain his successors was, in Shushan in Elam, as before observed from ( Daniel 8:2 ) . This is called the Lord's throne, because he gave it to him; his conquest of Elam, and his dominion over it, were from him: and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord;
so that there should be no more kings of Elam, and princes and nobles of their own, after this time; and because mention is made of the kings of Elam in the times of Nebuchadnezzar, ( Jeremiah 25:25 ) ; though that is observed in the first year of his reign, some have thought that it is best to understand it or Cyrus, the Lord's servant and anointed; and whose throne might well be called the throne of God, which he gave him, and set him on in an eminent manner, not only there, but elsewhere; see ( Ezra 1:2 ) ( Isaiah 45:1 ) ; and when this country of Elam, or Elymais, became at part of the Persian empire, and never had any more kings to reign over it separately. Some of the Jewish Rabbins F2, as Kimchi observes, interpret the king and princes of Vashti of Haman and his sons; but very wrongly.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 In T. Bab. Megillah, fol. 10. 2.

Yēlìmǐshū 49:38 In-Context

36 Wǒ yào shǐ sì fēng cóng tiān de sìfāng guā lái , líndào Yǐlán rén , jiāng tāmen fēnsàn sìfāng ( fāng yuánwén zuò fēng ) . zhè beì gǎnsàn de rén méiyǒu yī guó bù dào de .
37 Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ bì shǐ Yǐlán rén zaì chóudí hé xún suǒ qí méng de rén miànqián jīng huáng . wǒ yĕ bì shǐ zāihuò , jiù shì wǒde liè nù líndào tāmen , yòu bì shǐ dāo jiàn zhuī shā tāmen , zhídào jiāng tāmen miè jǐn .
38 Wǒ yào zaì Yǐlán shèlì wǒde bǎozuò , cóng nàli chúmiĕ jūnwáng hé shǒulǐng . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .
39 Dào mòhòu , wǒ hái yào shǐ beìlǔ de Yǐlán rén guī huí . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .
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