Jeremiah 49:36
in Jeremiah 49I 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,.... The Targum interprets it the four kingdoms; see Dan 7:
This site's exposition
concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah
on Jeremiah 49:34-39
This oracle is dated to “the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah” and reaches Elam. The LORD will “shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.” Yet verse 39 closes, “I will restore Elam from captivity,” the promise given to Egypt in 46:26, Moab in 48:47, and Ammon in 49:6.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The Ammonites were next, both in kindred and neighbourhood, to the Moabites, and therefore are next set to the bar. Their country joined to that of the two tribes and a half, on the other side Jordan, and was but a bad neighbour; however, being a neighbour, they shall have a share in these circular predictions.
The four winds shall be brought upon them; the storm shall come sometimes from one point and sometimes from another, to toss and hurry them several ways. We know not from what point the wind of trouble may blow; but, if God encompass us with his favour, we are safe, and may be easy, which way soever the storm comes.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Will I bring the four winds - Nebuchadnezzar and his armies, gathered out of different provinces, and attacking this people at all points in the same time. There shall be no nation, etc. - They shall be scattered through the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of which the Babylonish empire is composed.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
In a whirlwind violent gales seem to blow from every quarter, and whatever is exposed to their fury they scatter over the whole country. With similar violence the whole nation of Elam shall be dispersed far and wide.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י | veheveti | and I will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עֵילָ֜ם | ʾeilam | Elam | H5867 → | 28 times |
| אַרְבַּ֣ע | ʾarba' | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| רוּח֗וֹת | ruchot | winds | H7307 → | 378 times |
| מֵֽאַרְבַּע֙ | mearba' | from [the] four | H702 → | 318 times |
| קְצ֣וֹת | ketzot | [the] ends of | H7098 → | |
| הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וְזֵ֣רִתִ֔ים | vezeritim | and I will scatter them | H2219 → | 39 times |
| לְכֹ֖ל | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָרֻח֣וֹת | haruchot | the winds | H7307 → | 378 times |
| הָאֵ֑לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִהְיֶ֣ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַגּ֔וֹי | hagoy | the nation | H1471 → | 561 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾasher | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָב֥וֹא | yavo' | it will go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| שָׁ֖ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| נִדְּחֵ֥י | nidechei | [the] outcasts of | H5080 → | 55 times |
| עֵילָֽם׃ | olam | Elam | H5867 → | 28 times |
וְהֵבֵאתִ֨יand I will bring
vehevetiH935 →2568 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
עֵילָ֜םElam
ʾeilamH5867 →28 times
אַרְבַּ֣עfour
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
רוּח֗וֹתwinds
ruchotH7307 →378 times
מֵֽאַרְבַּע֙from [the] four
mearba'H702 →318 times
קְצ֣וֹת[the] ends of
ketzotH7098 →
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםthe heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
וְזֵ֣רִתִ֔יםand I will scatter them
vezeritimH2219 →39 times
לְכֹ֖לto all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
הָרֻח֣וֹתthe winds
haruchotH7307 →378 times
הָאֵ֑לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִהְיֶ֣הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
הַגּ֔וֹיthe nation
hagoyH1471 →561 times
אֲשֶׁ֛רwhere
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָב֥וֹאit will go
yavo'H935 →2568 times
שָׁ֖םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
נִדְּחֵ֥י[the] outcasts of
nidecheiH5080 →55 times
עֵילָֽם׃Elam
olamH5867 →28 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 30:17But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
it leads to
- Psalms 107:20
He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
- Jeremiah 33:6
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- 1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Psalms 103:3
He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- Exodus 15:26
saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…
- Psalms 107:20
Through
Revelation 7:1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.
it leads to
- Matthew 24:31
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
- Daniel 7:2
Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.
- Mark 13:27
And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
- Matthew 24:31
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.