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Text -- Jeremiah 49:30-39 (NET)
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49:30 The Lord says , “Flee quickly, you who live in Hazor . Take up refuge in remote places . For King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has laid out plans to attack you. He has formed his strategy on how to defeat you.”
49:31 The Lord says , “Army of Babylon, go and attack a nation that lives in peace and security . They have no gates or walls to protect them. They live all alone .
49:32 Their camels will be taken as plunder . Their vast herds will be taken as spoil . I will scatter to the four winds those desert peoples who cut their hair short at the temples . I will bring disaster against them from every direction ,” says the Lord .
49:33 “Hazor will become a permanent wasteland , a place where only jackals live . No one will live there . No human being will settle in it.”
Judgment Against Elam
49:34 Early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah , the Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam .
49:35 The Lord who rules over all said , “I will kill all the archers of Elam , who are the chief source of her military might .
49:36 I will cause enemies to blow through Elam from every direction like the winds blowing in from the four quarters of heaven . I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds . There will not be any nation where the refugees of Elam will not go .
49:37 I will make the people of Elam terrified of their enemies , who are seeking to kill them. I will vent my fierce anger and bring disaster upon them,” says the Lord . “I will send armies chasing after them until I have completely destroyed them.
49:38 I will establish my sovereignty over Elam . I will destroy their king and their leaders ,” says the Lord .
49:39 “Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune .” says the Lord .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
OBADIAH, BOOK OF |
Elam |
Persia |
HAZOR |
Nebuchadnezzar |
Jackal |
GET; GETTING |
Dragon |
CAMEL |
WIND |
Babylon |
WHALE |
Prophecy |
Jeremiah |
Bow |
WEALTH, WEALTHY |
POLL |
ELAM; ELAMITES |
BOOTY |
BAR (2) |
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NET Notes: Jer 49:31 Heb “no gates and no bar,” i.e., “that lives securely without gates or bars.” The phrase is used by the figure of species for ...
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NET Notes: Jer 49:33 Compare Jer 49:18 and 50:40 where the same thing is said about Edom and Babylon.
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NET Notes: Jer 49:34 Elam was a country on the eastern side of the Tigris River in what is now southwestern Iran. Its capital city was Susa. It was destroyed in 640 b.c. b...
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NET Notes: Jer 49:35 Heb “I will break the bow of Elam, the chief source of their might.” The phrase does not mean that God will break literal bows or that he ...
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NET Notes: Jer 49:36 Or more simply, “I will bring enemies against Elam from every direction. / And I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds. // There won...
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