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Jeremiah 49:37

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them - as a distinct nation (Daniel 8:2). Fulfilled under Alexander and his successors.

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See also Jeremiah 49:37 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 49 Concerning Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, and Elam _ 1. Concerning the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:1) _ 2. Concerning Edom (Jeremiah 49:7) 3. Concerning Damascus (Jeremiah 49:23)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ELAM. Roughly, this was the modern Khuzistan, E. of the Tigris, and N. or NE. of the Persian Gulf; the date given is c. 596, and the occasion may have been the conquest of Elam by Teispes, a Persian a...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IX. AN ORACLE AGAINST ELAM Jeremiah 49:34-39 TRANSLATION (3?) The word of the LORD which came unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah. (35) Thus says the L...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AGAINST AMMON, EDOM, AND OTHER NATIONS 1-6. The territory of Ammon was N. of Moab, and the two peoples were connected by descent. The carrying away of the tribes on the E. of Jordan by Tiglath-pileser...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הַחְתַּתִּ֣י אֶת ־עֵ֠ילָם ל פְנֵ֨י אֹיְבֵי

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXIV ELAM Jeremiah 49:34 "I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might."- Jeremiah 49:35 WE do not know what principle or absence of principle determined the arrangement of these...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Against the children of Ammon Jeremiah raised a protest because their king was in possession of Gad. He declared that by the fierce judgment of war, they were to be dispossessed and driven forth. The...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I beg the Reader, as he closeth this account, to mark the sweet promise of grace to Elam, in the latter days. And when he hath done it, let him consult the Prophet Joel for the meaning of the phrase l...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    This verse especially shews that the Elamites were of the number of those who had inhumanly raged against God’s people, for he did not without reason set forth the severity of his vengeance towards th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR I WILL CAUSE ELAM TO BE DISMAYED BEFORE THEIR ENEMIES,.... Frightened; thrown into the utmost consternation, so that they shall have no heart nor spirit to go out against them, and meet them, and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, [even] my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword afte...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold, I will break the bow of Elam_ The Elamites were famous archers, as this expression intimates, as also Isaiah's words, Isaiah 22:6; _And Elam bare the quiver._ Strabo also says, that the mount...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies and before them that seek their life, no specific enemy being named, but all of them included; AND I WILL BRING EVIL UPON THEM, EVEN MY FIERCE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST DAMASCUS, HAZOK, AND ELAM...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    34-39 The Elamites were the Persians; they acted against God's Israel, and must be reckoned with. Evil pursues sinners. God will make them know that he reigns. Yet the destruction of Elam shall not b...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    We met with the like threatenings JEREMIAH 49:5,24,29, as to fear; and as to their destruction, we have often met with the like threatenings....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 49:37 Elam H5867 dismayed H2865 (H8689) before H6440 enemies H341 (H8802) before H6440 seek H1245 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGMENT AGAINST ELAM (JEREMIAH 49:34). Elam was one of the nations in the area around Mesopotamia, situated in the plain of Khazistan and watered by the River Kerkh, which fed into the Tigris just no...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS CONTINUED (JEREMIAH 49:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:64). Having learned that judgment was coming on Egypt, Philistia and Moab, we now go on to learn that it will also visit Am...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecies against the Ammonites, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, kingdoms of Hazor, Elam. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadrezzar, Zedekiah. CONCLUSION: Nations that despise and persecute God's...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 49:1. _Hath Israel no sons; hath he no heir?_ In this bold and striking manner the prophet commences his elegy on Ammon. The king of Ammon had in times of war, seized the cities of Gad. By ev...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:36 God will send invaders against ELAM and destroy it. SET MY THRONE. Most likely the throne of Nebuchadnezzar ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The prophecies against _Ammon, Edom, Damascus,_ and _Kedar._ Jeremiah 49:1 are synchronous with the previous chapter, but the section (Jere...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION On Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazer, and Elam. JEREMIAH 49:1 The violence of the Ammonites shall be severely punished. JEREMIAH 49:1 HATH ISRAEL NO SONS! The violent seizure, perp...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 49, he speaks first of the Ammonites. Now, the Ammonites were those people who were north of Moab and east of the Jordan in the upper Jordan area, east of the Sea of Galilee and the Gol...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 12:14; Ezekiel 32:23; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 5:2; Jeremiah 34

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