Jeremiah 49:37

And I will cause Elam to be dismayed Before their enemies Even before them who are seeking their life, So will I bring upon them calamity, Even the glow of mine anger Declareth Yahweh,—And will send after them the sword, until I have made an end of them;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

In Context

36Then will I bring in against Elam four winds from the four quarters of the heavens, And will scatter them to all these winds,—And there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam, shall not come;

38And I will set my throne in Elam,—And will destroy, from thence king and princes, Declareth Yahweh;

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Cross References

Psalms 48:4For lo! Kings—Met as appointed, Passed by together;

Jeremiah 9:16And will scatter them among the nations, which neither they nor their fathers, have known,—And will send after them the sword, until I have consumed them.

Jeremiah 34:20yea I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them who are seeking their life,—and their dead bodies shall become food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 48:39How it is broken down! They have howled, How hath Moab turned the back, for shame,—So shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all round about him.

Jeremiah 49:22Lo! as an eagle, he shall mount and dart, and spread his wings over Bozrah,—So shall the heart of the heroes of Edom, in that day, become as the heart of a woman in her pain.

Jeremiah 49:29Their tents and their flocks, shall they take, And their curtains and all their baggage and their camels, shall they carry off for themselves,—And shall cry out unto them, Terror round about!

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 →

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