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Jeremiah 49:37

So 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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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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהַחְתַּתִּ֣יve.hach.ta.Tiand I will shatterH2865 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עֵ֠ילָם'Ei.lomElamH5867 →
לִפְנֵ֨יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
אֹיְבֵיהֶ֜ם'o.ye.vei.Hemenemies theirH341 →
וְלִפְנֵ֣י׀ve.lif.Neiand <to> beforeH6440 →
מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יme.vak.Shei[those who] seekH1245 →
נַפְשָׁ֗םnaf.Sham<of> life theirH5315 →
וְהֵבֵאתִ֨יve.he.ve.Tiand I will bringH935 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֧ם׀'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
רָעָ֛הra.'AhcalamityH7451 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
חֲר֥וֹןcha.Ron[the] burning ofH2740 →
אַפִּ֖י'a.Pianger myH639 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤יve.shi.lach.Tiand I will sendH7971 →
אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙'a.cha.rei.Hemafter themH310 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַחֶ֔רֶבha.Che.revthe swordH2719 →
עַ֥ד'aduntilH5704 →
כַּלּוֹתִ֖יka.lo.Tihave made an end of IH3615 →
אוֹתָֽם׃'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →

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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.”Jeremiah 48:2There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.Jeremiah 49:24Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.Jeremiah 49:5Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.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.Ezekiel 5:2When 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 all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.Leviticus 26:33But 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.Ezekiel 12:14And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.Jeremiah 30:24The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.Jeremiah 48:39“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”Psalms 48:4–6For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.Ezekiel 5:12A 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 wind and unleash a sword behind them.Jeremiah 49:22Look! 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.Ezekiel 32:23Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.Jeremiah 49:29They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’Jeremiah 34:20–21I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.Jeremiah 34:20I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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