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Jeremiah 49:34
This 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text states that the LORD delivers a message through the prophet Jeremiah concerning the nation of Elam. This oracle is dated to the beginning of Zedekiah’s reign over Judah.
The words — The phrase דְבַר יְהוָה (de.var Yah.weh) translates literally as "the word of Yahweh," establishing the divine origin of the oracle. The verb הָיָה (ha.Yah) denotes its historical arrival to the prophet.
The thread — Elam appears in Genesis 10:22 as a son of Shem and in Genesis 14:1 as a kingdom ruled by Chedorlaomer. Jeremiah 25:25 groups Elam with Media and other nations under divine judgment.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that historical political shifts occur under sovereign divine timing. Readers must acknowledge that prophetic declarations carry authoritative weight regardless of contemporary geopolitical circumstances.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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,
Cross-references
- Genesis 10:22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 14:1 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- Jeremiah 25:25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
- Daniel 8:2 And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
- Isaiah 21:2 A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
- Ezra 4:9 From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
- Isaiah 11:11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Acts 2:9 Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
- 2 Kings 24:17 Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Ezekiel 32:24 Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.