Jeremiah 49:37
in Jeremiah 49So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And 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 Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
KJV
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:
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe 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.
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
Note, God can make his judgments follow those that think by flight to escape them and to get out of the reach of them. Their princes shall be destroyed and the government quite changed (
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The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַחְתַּתִּ֣י | vehachtati | and I will shatter | H2865 → | 52 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֵ֠ילָם | ʾeilom | Elam | H5867 → | 28 times |
| לִפְנֵ֨י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֹיְבֵיהֶ֜ם | ʾoyeveihem | enemies their | H341 → | 282 times |
| וְלִפְנֵ֣י׀ | velifnei | and <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י | mevakshei | [those who] seek | H1245 → | 225 times |
| נַפְשָׁ֗ם | nafsham | <of> life their | H5315 → | 754 times |
| וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י | veheveti | and I will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֧ם׀ | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רָעָ֛ה | raah | calamity | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֲר֥וֹן | charon | [the] burning of | H2740 → | 41 times |
| אַפִּ֖י | ʾapi | anger my | H639 → | 276 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י | veshilachti | and I will send | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ | ʾachareihem | after them | H310 → | 715 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחֶ֔רֶב | hacherev | the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| עַ֥ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| כַּלּוֹתִ֖י | kaloti | have made an end of I | H3615 → | 208 times |
| אוֹתָֽם׃ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
וְהַחְתַּתִּ֣יand I will shatter
vehachtatiH2865 →52 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֵ֠ילָםElam
ʾeilomH5867 →28 times
לִפְנֵ֨י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
אֹיְבֵיהֶ֜םenemies their
ʾoyeveihemH341 →282 times
וְלִפְנֵ֣י׀and <to> before
velifneiH6440 →2123 times
מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י[those who] seek
mevaksheiH1245 →225 times
נַפְשָׁ֗ם<of> life their
nafshamH5315 →754 times
וְהֵבֵאתִ֨יand I will bring
vehevetiH935 →2568 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֧ם׀on them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
רָעָ֛הcalamity
raahH7451 →662 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חֲר֥וֹן[the] burning of
charonH2740 →41 times
אַפִּ֖יanger my
ʾapiH639 →276 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤יand I will send
veshilachtiH7971 →845 times
אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙after them
ʾachareihemH310 →715 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַחֶ֔רֶבthe sword
hacherevH2719 →413 times
עַ֥דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
כַּלּוֹתִ֖יhave made an end of I
kalotiH3615 →208 times
אוֹתָֽם׃<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 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 9:16I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- Ezekiel 5:12
A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every…
- Ezekiel 5:2
When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword…
- Jeremiah 44:27
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are…
- Leviticus 26:33
Through
Jeremiah 50:36A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 49:22
Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
- Isaiah 44:25
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
- Nahum 3:13
Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
- Jeremiah 49:22
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About Jeremiah

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
