Jeremiah 49:35
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 46:10making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.
Isaiah 22:6And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
Jeremiah 50:29Declare to many against Babylon, to all that bend the bow: stand together against her round about, and let nose escape; pay her according to her work: according to all that she hath done, do ye to her: for she hath lifted up herself against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:35-39
The Judgment of Elam. ( b. c. 595.) 34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. 36 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. 37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before… Read the whole commentary →