Jeremiah 49:34-39

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 ancestor of Cyrus. News of this could have reached Jeremiah through Jewish exiles in Babylonia. Yahweh is destroying the military strength of Elam. He will scatter the Elamites throughout the world, and destroy them (Jeremiah 9:16), setting up His throne (for judgment): but they shall ultimately be restored.

Jeremiah 49:35. the bow of Elam: Isaiah 22:6 * (Elamite archers formed part of the Assyrian force besieging Jerusalem).

Jeremiah 49:36 (cf. Jeremiah 49:32) may be an interpolation based on Ezekiel 5:12; cf. Ezekiel 37:9; so Cornill.