Jeremiah 49:34-39

A Message Concerning Elam

34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the king of Judah, {saying},

35 "Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Look, I [am] going to break the bow of Elam, the first and best of their might.

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."

Jeremiah 49:34-39 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 49

This chapter contains prophecies concerning the judgments of God on several nations and kingdoms, chiefly bordering on the land of Israel; on the Ammonites, Jer 49:1-6; on the Edomites, Jer 49:7-22; on the kingdom of Damascus, or the Syrians, Jer 49:23-27; on the Kedarenes or Arabians, Jer 49:28-33; and on the Elamites or Persians, Jer 49:34-39.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "to say"
• [b] Literally "to the face of"
• [c] Literally "to the face of"
• [d] Literally "the blaze of my nose"
• [e] Literally "a declaration of"
• [f] Literally "a declaration of"
• [g] Literally "And it will happen"
• [h] Hebrew "fortune"
• [i] Literally "a declaration of"