Upon Elam will I bring the four winds— That is, enemies from every quarter. The Elamites before their deliverance by Cyrus were in very hard servitude, and dispersed into different countries, to avoid the evils under which they groaned in their own country.
Verse Jeremiah 49:36. _WILL I BRING THE FOUR WINDS_] Nebuchadnezzar and his armies, gathered out of different provinces, and attacking this people at all points in the same time. _THERE SHALL BE NO N...
In a whirlwind violent gales seem to blow from every quarter, and whatever is exposed to their fury they scatter over the whole country. With similar violence the whole nation of Elam shall be dispers...
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)...
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...
FOUR. The number connected with the earth (App-10)....
Co. with considerable probability holds this _v_. to be the work of a supplementer, as being an interruption to the order of thought (when compared with the succeeding _v_.) and as suggested by Ezekie...
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...
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come....
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...
THE FOUR WINDS] i.e. invasion from all sides....
UPON ELAM WILL I BRING THE FOUR WINDS... — The words reproduce those of Jeremiah 49:32 as to the extent of the dispersion, but there is an added circumstance of terror in the picture of destruction. T...
וְ הֵבֵאתִ֨י אֶל ־עֵילָ֜ם אַרְבַּ֣ע רוּחֹ֗ות...
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...
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...
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...
He now adds that _four winds _would come, which would dissipate the whole people. God himself speaks, in order that the word might be more powerful and have more weight. _I will rouse up, _he says, _f...
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...
AND UPON ELAM WILL I BRING THE FOUR WINDS FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF HEAVEN,.... The Targum interprets it the four kingdoms; see Daniel 7:2. Some think this had its accomplishment in the times of Alexa...
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. Ver...
_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...
AGAINST DAMASCUS, HAZOK, AND ELAM...
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven and will scatter them toward all those winds, so that their power would be definitely and finally broken; AND THERE SHALL BE...
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...
The prophet threateneth the destruction of the Persians by a confederacy of enemies, suppose Babylonians, Medes, &c., which should assault them on all sides, as when the wind blows at the same time fr...
Jeremiah 49:36 Elam H5867 bring H935 (H8689) four H702 winds H7307 four H702 quarters H7098 heaven H8064 scatter...
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...
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...
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...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:36 God will send invaders against ELAM and destroy it. SET MY THRONE. Most likely the throne of Nebuchadnezzar ...
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...
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...
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...
Amos 9:9; Daniel 11:4; Daniel 7:2; Daniel 7:3; Daniel 8:22;...