Jeremiah 49:38

38 I will set my throne in Elam and destroy her king and officials,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:38 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
English Standard Version (ESV)
38 and I will set my throne in Elam and destroy their king and officials, declares the LORD.
New Living Translation (NLT)
38 I will set my throne in Elam,” says the LORD, “and I will destroy its king and officials.
The Message Bible (MSG)
38 And then I'll set up my throne in Elam, having thrown out the king and his henchmen.
American Standard Version (ASV)
38 and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith Jehovah.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
38 I'll set my throne in Elam and destroy its king and officials, declares the LORD.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
38 I will set My throne in Elam, and I will destroy the king and officials from there. [This is] the Lord's declaration.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
38 I will set up my throne in Elam. I will destroy its king and officials," announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 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.

Jeremiah 49:38 In-Context

36 I will bring against Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven; I will scatter them to the four winds, and there will not be a nation where Elam’s exiles do not go.
37 I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who want to kill them; I will bring disaster on them, even my fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.
38 I will set my throne in Elam and destroy her king and officials,” declares the LORD.
39 “Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam in days to come,” declares the LORD.
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