Verse 37

Jeremiah 49:37

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37 I will smash the Elamites in front of their enemies, before those who want to kill them. In my furious anger I will bring disaster down on them, declares the Lord. I will chase them down with the sword until I have destroyed them.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/הַחְתַּתִּ֣י אֶת עֵ֠ילָם לִ/פְנֵ֨י אֹיְבֵי/הֶ֜ם וְ/לִ/פְנֵ֣י מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֗/ם וְ/הֵבֵאתִ֨י עֲלֵי/הֶ֧ם רָעָ֛ה אֶת חֲר֥וֹן אַפִּ֖/י נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְ/שִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י אַֽחֲרֵי/הֶם֙ אֶת הַ/חֶ֔רֶב עַ֥ד כַּלּוֹתִ֖/י אוֹתָֽ/ם

English Translation

And I will cause terror upon Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their lives, and I will bring upon them the evil of My fierce anger, says the LORD, and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.

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Chapter 49 Context

1 This is what the Lord says about the Ammonites: Don't the Israelites have any children? Don't they h... Focus ↗

2 Watch out! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will signal the attack on the Ammonite town... Focus ↗

3 Weep, people of Heshbon, for the town of Ai has been destroyed. Cry for help, people of Rabbah! Put... Focus ↗

4 Why do you boast that your valleys are so productive, you unfaithful people? You trust in your wealt... Focus ↗

5 Watch out! I'm going to bring the surrounding nations to terrorize you, declares the Lord God (Elohi... Focus ↗

6 However, later on I will bring you Ammonites back from exile, declares the Lord. Focus ↗

7 This is what the Lord Almighty says about Edom: Aren't there any wise people left in Teman? Isn't th... Focus ↗

8 Turn and run away! Find somewhere to hide, people of Dedan, because I'm bringing disaster down on yo... Focus ↗

9 If people harvesting grapes came to you, they'd leave some behind, wouldn't they? If thieves came du... Focus ↗

10 But I'm going to strip the whole country bare, leaving its people with nowhere to hide. All of Esau'... Focus ↗

11 However, you can leave your orphans to me because I will protect them. Have your widows put their tr... Focus ↗

12 This is what the Lord says: If those who were not required to drink from the cup of judgment had to... Focus ↗

13 I made myself a solemn promise, declares the Lord, that the town of Bozrah will become a place that... Focus ↗

14 I received this message from the Lord. He has sent a messenger to the nations: Get yourselves ready... Focus ↗

15 Watch as I will make you insignificant compared to other nations—everyone will look down on you. Focus ↗

16 The fear you once created in others, and your pride in yourselves, has fooled you into overconfidenc... Focus ↗

17 People will be horrified at what's happened to Edom. Everyone passing by will be shocked, and will s... Focus ↗

18 Just as Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, along with their neighboring towns, says the Lord, nobody... Focus ↗

19 Watch out! I'm going to come like a lion from the tangled undergrowth beside the Jordan to attack th... Focus ↗

20 So listen to what the Lord has planned to do to Edom and the people of Teman: Their children will be... Focus ↗

21 When they fall, the sound they make will make the earth shake; their cries will be heard all the way... Focus ↗

22 Watch as an enemy like an eagle flies high, then swoops down, spreading its wings as it attacks Bozr... Focus ↗

23 A prophecy about Damascus: The towns of Hamath and Arpad are disturbed, because they've received bad... Focus ↗

24 The people of Damascus are demoralized—they turn and run away in panic, overcome by pain and anguish... Focus ↗

25 Why isn't the city that is praised deserted, the city that made me happy? Focus ↗

26 For on that day its young men will die in its streets, all its defenders will be killed, declares th... Focus ↗

27 I'm going to set fire to the walls of Damascus; that will burn down the fortresses of Ben-hadad. Focus ↗

28 A prophecy about the land of Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that were attacked by Nebuchadnezzar ki... Focus ↗

29 Take their tents and their flocks! Carry off their tent curtains and all their possessions! Take the... Focus ↗

30 Run! Get away as far as you can! Find somewhere to hide, people of Hazor, declares the Lord. For Neb... Focus ↗

31 Go and attack that self-satisfied nation that thinks it's safe, declares the Lord. They don't have a... Focus ↗

32 Their camels and large herds will be plunder for you. I will scatter them everywhere, these desert p... Focus ↗

33 Hazor will become a place where jackals live, a place abandoned forever. No one will live there; it... Focus ↗

34 This is the Lord's message that came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam. This was at the beginning o... Focus ↗

35 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Look! I'm going to smash the bows of the Elamites, the weapon t... Focus ↗

36 I will bring winds from all directions to attack Elam, and I will scatter them in all directions. Th... Focus ↗

37 I will smash the Elamites in front of their enemies, before those who want to kill them. In my furio...

38 I will set up my throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials, declares the Lord. Focus ↗

39 However, later on I will bring the Elamites back from exile, declares the Lord. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 49 (39 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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