There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

Elam - placed next, as having been an auxiliary to Assyria. Its territory lay in Persia. In Abraham's time an independent kingdom (). Famous for its bowmen ().

Yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit - the just retribution of their lawless pride. Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, according to the prophecy Jeremiah ( ).

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