37 For I will cause Elam to be afraid before their enemies, and before them that seek their lives, and will bring upon them a plague, even the indignation of my wrath, saith the Lord, and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

38 And I will set my [a]throne in Elam, and I will destroy both the king and the princes from thence, saith the Lord: but [b]in the latter days I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:38 I will place Nebuchadnezzar there, and in these prophecies Jeremiah speaketh of those countries, which should be subdued under the first of those four monarchies whereof Daniel maketh mention.
  2. Jeremiah 49:38 This may be referred to the Empire of Persians and Medes after the Chaldeans, or unto the time of Christ, as Jer. 48:47.

37 I will shatter Elam before their foes,
    before those who want to kill them;
I will bring disaster on them,
    even my fierce anger,”(A)
declares the Lord.
“I will pursue them with the sword(B)
    until I have made an end of them.
38 I will set my throne in Elam
    and destroy her king and officials,”
declares the Lord.

39 “Yet I will restore(C) the fortunes of Elam
    in days to come,”
declares the Lord.

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