Jeremia 49:34

34 Dies ist das Wort des HERRN, welches geschah zu Jeremia, dem Propheten, wider Elam im Anfang des Königreichs Zedekias, des Königs in Juda, und sprach:

Jeremia 49:34 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:34

The word of the Lord that came unto Jeremiah the prophet
against Elam
The Persians, as it is commonly understood, who descended from Elam the son of Shem, ( Genesis 10:22 ) ; according to Josephus {w}; but rather the country of Elymais is here designed; which, though in the times of Cyrus, was added to, and made a part of, the Persian empire, yet was a country distinct both from Persia and Media; and as such is spoken of by Pliny ^F24; though as near unto Persia, and bordering on Media; according to Stephanus ^F25, the Elymaites were a country that belonged to the Assyrians; and so Strabo ^F1 places the Elymaeans in Aturia or Assyria; and it seems very manifest that Elam served under Sennacherib, king of Assyria, when he besieged Jerusalem, ( Isaiah 22:6 ) ; and afterwards fell into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and became subject to him, which is the calamity here threatened them; for certain it is, that, in Belshazzar's time, Shushan in Elam was the royal seat of the kings of Babylon, ( Daniel 8:2 ) ; now this prophecy against Elam was delivered out in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah;
perhaps in the first year of his reign, ten or eleven years before the destruction of Jerusalem; how long before it had its accomplishment is not certain: saying:
as follows:

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 4.
F24 Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 25, 26, 27.
F25 De urbibus apud Cocceium in loc.
F1 Geograph. l. 16. in principio, 507.

Jeremia 49:34 In-Context

32 Ihre Kamele sollen geraubt und die Menge ihres Viehs genommen werden; und ich will sie zerstreuen in alle Winde, alle, die das Haar rundherum abschneiden; und von allen Orten her will ich ihr Unglück über sie kommen lassen, spricht der HERR,

33 daß Hazor soll eine Wohnung der Schakale und eine ewige Wüste werden, daß niemand daselbst wohne und kein Mensch darin hause.

34 Dies ist das Wort des HERRN, welches geschah zu Jeremia, dem Propheten, wider Elam im Anfang des Königreichs Zedekias, des Königs in Juda, und sprach:

35 So spricht der HERR Zebaoth: Siehe, ich will den Bogen Elams zerbrechen, ihre vornehmste Gewalt,

36 und will die vier Winde aus den vier Enden des Himmels über sie kommen lassen und will sie in alle diese Winde zerstreuen, daß kein Volk sein soll, dahin nicht Vertriebene aus Elam kommen werden.