Jeremiah 49:39

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

³⁴This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. ³⁵This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Behold, I will shatter Elam's bow, the mainstay of their might. ³⁶I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam's exiles will not go. ³⁷So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger, declares the LORD. I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off. ³⁸I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials, declares the LORD. ³⁹Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity," declares the LORD.

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in the: Jeremiah 48:47, Isaiah 2:2, Ezekiel 38:16, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 10:14, Hosea 3:5, Micah 4:1

I will: Jeremiah 49:6, Job 42:10, Ezekiel 16:53-55, Ezekiel 29:14, Ezekiel 39:25, Amos 9:14

Reciprocal: Numbers 24:14 - the latter Jeremiah 12:15 - after Jeremiah 27:3 - Edom Jeremiah 30:18 - Behold Jeremiah 30:24 - in Jeremiah 46:26 - and afterward Ezekiel 38:8 - many days Habakkuk 1:17 - and Zechariah 9:7 - he that 1 Timothy 4:1 - the latter 2 Timothy 3:1 - in

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But it shall come to pass in the latter days,.... Not in the times of Cyrus, when these people enjoyed their liberty, as the Jews and other nations did, freed by him from the Babylonian yoke; which cannot with propriety be called the latter days, being but seventy or eighty years at most after this prophecy; but in the times of the Messiah, often in prophecy called the latter days:

[that] I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord: which was accomplished in a spiritual sense, when some of these people, the Elamites, were converted to Christ, and delivered by him from the captivity of sin and Satan, and were brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God; see Acts 2:9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Elam - Elam was subject to Babylon Daniel 8:2, and its capital Shushan a favorite residence of the Persian kings Esther 1:2. Of its subsequent fate we know little; the Elamites continued to exist, and members of their nation were present at Pentecost among those chosen to represent the Gentile world at the first preaching of the Gospel Acts 2:9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 49:39. I will bring again the captivity of Elam — As this is to be in the latter days, probably it may mean the spiritual freedom which these people would receive under the Gospel dispensation. Under Cyrus, the Elamites, collected out of all quarters, were united with the Persians, their neighbours, and became, with them, masters of the east. See Calmet and Dahler. There are still, however, difficulties on this subject. Who the Elamites were is still a question. That which appears to be nearest the truth is, that the Elamites and Persians were two distinct people, and continued so till blended together under Cyrus. It is in this light that I have considered the subject in the preceding notes. Neighbouring people are frequently confounded in history, and sometimes the name of a people is given to those who have the same character.