What does Jeremiah 49:38 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD."
Verse Jeremiah 49:38. _I WILL SET MY THRONE IN ELAM_] This is spoken either of _Nebuchadnezzar_ or _Cyrus_. It is certain that Cyrus did render himself master of _Elymais_ and _Media_, which are in th...
Literally, king and princes. Elam will lose its independence, and henceforward have no native ruler with his attendant officers....
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) 4. Concerni...
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...
_set my throne in_ sit in judgement upon. Cp. Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 43:10....
AND I WILL SET MY THRONE IN ELAM— "Nebuchadrezzar shall place his throne in Elam in token of his intire conquest of that country." See chap. Jeremiah 1:15 Jeremiah 43:10. This is called _God's throne,...
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 I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. I WILL SET MY THRONE IN ELAM - I will show myself King by my judgments there, as though my...
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-pilese...
I WILL SET MY THRONE IN ELAM. — The throne of Jehovah is, it is clear, the throne of the king who is, for the time, His chosen instrument and servant, in this case therefore the throne of Nebuchadnezz...
וְ שַׂמְתִּ֥י כִסְאִ֖י בְּ עֵילָ֑ם וְ הַאֲבַדְתִּ֥י מִ שָּׁ֛ם מֶ֥לֶךְ וְ שָׂרִ֖ים נְאֻם ־יְהוָֽה׃...
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...
And I will set my (i) throne in Elam, and will destroy from there the king and the princes, saith the LORD. (i) I will place Nebuchadnezzar there, and in these prophecies Jeremiah speaks of those cou...
_Thence. Daniel (viii. 2.) governed at Susa, the capital of Elam, for Baltassar._...
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 confirms what I have just referred to as to their consumption; but he at the same time adds, that God would be in such a way the avenger as though his tribunal was erected in that land. He threaten...
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...
AND I WILL SET MY THRONE IN ELAM,.... Either when Alexander subdued it, or Cyrus, or rather Nebuchadnezzar, whose palace probably was, as it is certain his successors was, in Shushan in Elam, as befor...
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. Ver. 38. _And I will set my throne in Elam,_] _i.e., _ I will solemnly execute my judgments up...
_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...
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 be...
God here calls the throne of Nebuchadnezzar, or Cyrus, or Alexander, (whoever he was that conquered the Persians,) his throne: 1. Because God gave it the conqueror. 2. Or because God showed himself...
Jeremiah 49:38 set H7760 (H8804) throne H3678 Elam H5867 destroy H6 (H8689) king H4428 princes H8269 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 Jeremiah 43:10; Daniel 7:9-14...
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 (Jeremiah 27:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByT...
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...
Daniel 7:9; Jeremiah 43:10...
My throne — God calls the throne of Cyrus or Alexander his throne; because he gave it the conqueror....