Jeremiah 49:38

38 And I will set my throne in Elam and I will destroy from there king and officials,' {declares} Yahweh.

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 And I will bring to Elam four winds, from the four corners of heaven, and I will scatter them to all these winds, and there will not be a nation where the scattered people of Elam will not go.
37 So I will shatter Elam {before} their enemies, and {before} the seekers of their life. And I will bring disaster upon them, {my burning anger},' {declares} Yahweh. 'And I will send after them the sword until I have destroyed them.
38 And I will set my throne in Elam and I will destroy from there king and officials,' {declares} Yahweh.
39 '{And then} in the last of the days I will restore the fortunes of Elam,' {declares} Yahweh."

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "a declaration of"
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