Jeremiah 49 · Verse 34

Jeremiah 49:34

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,
Jeremiah 49:34, King James Version

Jeremiah 49:34 in other translations

BSBThis is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
WEBThe LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
ASVThe word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
YLTThat which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
DARBYThe word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
BBEThe word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, saying,
WebsterThe word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

What does Jeremiah 49:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
34. Elam--part of Susiana, west of Persia proper, but used to designate Persia in general. Elam proper, or Elymais, nearer Judea than Persia, is probably here meant; it had helped Nebuchadnezzar against Judea; hence its punishment. It may have been idolatrous, whereas Persia proper was mainly monotheistic.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 The Word - Against Elam - Another new head of prophecy. As this was delivered in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, it can have no natural nor historical connection with the other prophecies in this various chapter. Some think that by Elam Persia is always meant; but this is not at all likely. It was a part of the Babylonian empire in the time of Daniel, (Dan 8:2), and is most probably what is called Elymais by the Greeks. This, with Susiana, Nebuchadnezzar subdued, and took from Astyages, king of Media.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 49:34-39
The Elamites were the Persians; they acted against God's Israel, and must be reckoned with. Evil pursues sinners. God will make them know that he reigns. Yet the destruction of Elam shall not be for ever. But this promise was to have its full accomplishment in the days of the Messiah. In reading the Divine assurance of the destruction of all the enemies of the church, the believer sees that the issue of the holy war is not doubtful. It is blessed to recollect, that He who is for us, is more than all against us. And he will subdue the enemies of our souls.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 49:34 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
הָיָ֧הha.Yahit cameH1961
דְבַר\־de.var-[the] word ofH1697
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יִרְמְיָ֥הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
הַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030
אֶל\־'el-concerningH413
עֵילָ֑ם'ei.LamElamH5867
בְּרֵאשִׁ֗יתbe.re.Shitat [the] beginning ofH7225
מַלְכ֛וּתmal.Khut[the] reign ofH4438
צִדְקִיָּ֥הtzid.ki.YahZedekiahH6667
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

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Cross references for Jeremiah 49:34

  • Genesis 10:22

    The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

  • Jeremiah 25:25

    And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

  • Daniel 8:2

    And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.

  • Genesis 14:1

    And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

  • Isaiah 21:2

    A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

  • Isaiah 11:11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  • Ezra 4:9

    Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

  • Acts 2:9

    Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

  • Ezekiel 32:24-25

    There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.

  • 2 Kings 24:17-18

    And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Cir. A.M. 3406. B.C. 598. Elam.Elam, the Elymaïs of the Greeks and Romans, was properly a province of the Persian empire, between Media and Susiana; but sometimes the name Elam is used in a larger sense, including Susiana and other provinces, (see Da 8:2,) all of which were subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards restored and raised to dignity by Cyrus.
25:25; Ge 10:22; 14:1; Ezr 4:9; Isa 21:2; Eze 32:24,25; Da 8:2
Ac 2:9

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Context

  • Jeremiah 49:33

    And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

  • Jeremiah 49:34

    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,

  • Jeremiah 49:35

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

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Jeremiah 49:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Palabra de Jehová que fué á Jeremías profeta acerca de Elam, en el principio del reinado de Sedechîas rey de Judá, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La parole de l’ Éternel, qui vint à Jérémie le prophète, sur Élam, au commencement du règne de Sédécias, roi de Juda, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das Wort Jehovas, welches zu Jeremia, dem Propheten, geschah über Elam im Anfang der Regierung Zedekias, des Königs von Juda, indem er sprach:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quod facum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam prophetam adversus Ælam, in principio regni Sedeciæ regis Juda, dicens: