Jeremiah 49:39

39 “Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam in days to come,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:39 in Other Translations

KJV
39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
ESV
39 "But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, declares the LORD."
NLT
39 But I will restore the fortunes of Elam in days to come. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
MSG
39 But the time will come when I make everything right for Elam again." God's Decree.
CSB
39 In the last days, I will restore the fortunes of Elam. [This is] the Lord's declaration.

Jeremiah 49:39 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:39

But it shall come to pass in the latter days
Not in the times of Cyrus, when these people enjoyed their liberty, as the Jews and other nations did, freed by him from the Babylonian yoke; which cannot with propriety be called the latter days, being but seventy or eighty years at most after this prophecy; but in the times of the Messiah, often in prophecy called the latter days: [that] I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord:
which was accomplished in a spiritual sense, when some of these people, the Elamites, were converted to Christ, and delivered by him from the captivity of sin and Satan, and were brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God; see ( Acts 2:9 ) .

Jeremiah 49:39 In-Context

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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Jeremiah 48:47
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