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32 Their camels shall be for booty,
And the multitude of their cattle for plunder.
I will ascatter to all winds those in the farthest corners,
And I will bring their calamity from all its sides,” says the Lord. 
33 “Hazor ashall be a dwelling for jackals, a desolation forever;
No one shall reside there,
Nor son of man dwell in it.”  

Judgment on Elam

34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against aElam, in the bbeginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,  
35 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘Behold, I will break athe bow of Elam,
The foremost of their might. 
36 Against Elam I will bring the four winds
From the four quarters of heaven,
And scatter them toward all those winds;
There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go.
37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies
And before those who seek their life.
aI will bring disaster upon them,
My fierce anger,’ says the Lord;
‘And I will send the sword after them
Until I have consumed them. 
38 I will aset My throne in Elam,
And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says the Lord. 
39 ‘But it shall come to pass ain the latter days:
I will bring back the captives of Elam,’ says the Lord.” 
Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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Jeremiah 49:34

Against Elam - Or, concerning Elam. This country, better known as Susiana, is the modern Chuzistan, and lies on the east of Chaldaea, from which it is separated by the Tigris. In the cuneiform inscriptions we find the Elamites on friendly terms with Babylon. The suggestion therefore that they served as auxiliaries in the Chaldaean army in the expedition against Judah is not improbable. It was in the first year of Zedekiah that this prophecy was written, and thus it is a little prior to the prophecies against Babylon Jeremiah 51:59, which immediately follow. The words, "the Elam," appear in the Septuagint in Jeremiah 25:14, followed by this prophecy, while in Jeremiah 26:1 we find, "In the beginning of the reign of king Zedekiah there was this word about Elam," followed in Jeremiah 49:2 by the prophecy (Jer. 46 of the Hebrew) against Egypt. This is a proof simply of the confusion which existed in the Egyptian transcripts of the prophecies relating to the nations.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 49:34:

Genesis 10:21-32
2 Kings 24:20
Habakkuk 2:8

 

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