Focused Passage

Jeremiah 49:34-39

The Nations Summoned Down: Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, Hazor, and Elam under the LORD’s Rule

The chapter moves through five major judgment units: Ammon’s usurpation and future restoration, Edom’s proud wisdom and mountain security brought low, Damascus’s famed city melting in fear, Kedar and Hazor’s desert security plundered by Babylon, and Elam’s bow broken and people scattered before a final restoration promise.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

34 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.

35 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

36 I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.

37 So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.

38 I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.

39 “Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.

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References and Original Words

Verse 34

Cross-references

Daniel 8:2 Classic cross-references Genesis 10:22 Classic cross-references Genesis 14:1 Classic cross-references Isaiah 21:2 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 25:25 Classic cross-references

Original words

This is the word דְבַר־ H1697 Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular that אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative came הָיָ֧ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition Jeremiah יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ H3414 Noun - proper - masculine singular the prophet הַנָּבִ֖יא H5030 Article | Noun - masculine singular concerning אֶל־ H413 Preposition Elam עֵילָ֑ם H5867 Noun - proper - feminine singular at the beginning בְּרֵאשִׁ֗ית H7225 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of the reign מַלְכ֛וּת H4438 Noun - feminine singular construct of Zedekiah צִדְקִיָּ֥ה H6667 Noun - proper - masculine singular king מֶֽלֶךְ־ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָ֖ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . לֵאמֹֽר׃ H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Verse 35

Cross-references

Isaiah 22:6 Classic cross-references Psalms 18:34 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:56 Classic cross-references Psalms 46:9 Classic cross-references

Original words

This is what כֹּ֤ה H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular of Hosts צְבָא֔וֹת H6635 Noun - common plural says אָמַר֙ H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Behold הִנְנִ֥י H2005 Interjection | first person common singular I will shatter שֹׁבֵ֖ר H7665 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Elam’s עֵילָ֑ם H5867 Noun - proper - feminine singular bow קֶ֣שֶׁת H7198 Noun - feminine singular construct the mainstay רֵאשִׁ֖ית H7225 Noun - feminine singular construct of their might גְּבוּרָתָֽם׃ H1369 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 36

Cross-references

Revelation 7:1 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:32 Classic cross-references Amos 9:9 Classic cross-references Daniel 8:8 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 5:10 Classic cross-references

Original words

I will bring וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular the four אַרְבַּ֣ע H702 Number - feminine singular winds רוּח֗וֹת H7307 Noun - common plural against אֶל־ H413 Preposition Elam עֵילָ֜ם H5867 Noun - proper - feminine singular from the four מֵֽאַרְבַּע֙ H702 Preposition-m | Number - feminine singular construct corners קְצ֣וֹת H7098 Noun - feminine plural construct of the heavens הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם H8064 Article | Noun - masculine plural and I will scatter them וְזֵ֣רִתִ֔ים H2219 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural to all לְכֹ֖ל H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct these הָאֵ֑לֶּה H428 Article | Pronoun - common plural winds הָרֻח֣וֹת H7307 Article | Noun - common plural There will not וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle be יִהְיֶ֣ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a nation הַגּ֔וֹי H1471 Article | Noun - masculine singular to which אֲשֶׁ֛ר H834 Pronoun - relative Elam’s עוֹלָם׃ H5769 Noun - proper - feminine singular exiles נִדְּחֵ֥י H5080 Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct will not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle go יָב֥וֹא H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . שָׁ֖ם H8033 Adverb

Verse 37

Cross-references

Jeremiah 9:16 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:2 Classic cross-references

Original words

So I will shatter וְהַחְתַּתִּ֣י H2865 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Elam עֵ֠ילָם H5867 Noun - proper - feminine singular before לִפְנֵ֨י H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct their foes אֹיְבֵיהֶ֜ם H341 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural before וְלִפְנֵ֣י׀ H6440 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct those who seek מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י H1245 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct their lives נַפְשָׁ֗ם H5315 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural I will bring וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular disaster רָעָ֛ה H7451 Adjective - feminine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker upon them עֲלֵיהֶ֧ם׀ H5921 Preposition | third person masculine plural even My fierce חֲר֥וֹן H2740 Noun - masculine singular construct anger אַפִּ֖י H639 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular I will send out וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י H7971 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular the sword הַחֶ֔רֶב H2719 Article | Noun - feminine singular after them אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ H310 Preposition | third person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker until עַ֥ד H5704 Preposition I finish them off כַּלּוֹתִ֖י H3615 Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | first person common singular - אוֹתָֽם׃ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural

Verse 38

Original words

I will set וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י H7760 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular My throne כִסְאִ֖י H3678 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular in Elam בְּעֵילָ֑ם H5867 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular and destroy וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֥י H6 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular its מִשָּׁ֛ם H8033 Preposition-m | Adverb king מֶ֥לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular and officials וְשָׂרִ֖ים H8269 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

Verse 39

Cross-references

Jeremiah 30:18 Classic cross-references 2 Timothy 3:1 Classic cross-references Isaiah 2:2 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:6 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 12:15 Classic cross-references

Original words

Yet וְהָיָ֣ה׀ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular in the last בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית H319 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct days הַיָּמִ֗ים H3117 Article | Noun - masculine plural I will restore אָשׁוּב H7725 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Elam עֵילָ֖ם H5867 Noun - proper - feminine singular from captivity שְׁבִית H7622 Noun - feminine singular construct declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ס H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

BSB notes

Or restore the fortunes of Elam

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