Jeremías 49:34

34 Mensaje acerca de Elam
El profeta Jeremías recibió del Señor
este mensaje acerca de Elam al comienzo del reinado de Sedequías, rey de Judá.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 49:34 In-Context

32 Todos sus camellos y demás animales serán de ustedes.
A este pueblo que vive en lugares remotos
lo esparciré a los cuatro vientos.
Traeré sobre ellos calamidad
de todas partes —dice el Señor
—.

33 Hazor será habitada por chacales
y quedará desolada para siempre.
Nadie vivirá allí;
nadie la habitará».

34 Mensaje acerca de Elam
El profeta Jeremías recibió del Señor
este mensaje acerca de Elam al comienzo del reinado de Sedequías, rey de Judá.

35 Esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales:
«Destruiré a los arqueros de Elam,
lo mejor de su ejército.

36 Traeré enemigos de todas partes
y esparciré a la gente de Elam a los cuatro vientos.
Serán desterrados a países de todo el mundo.