Bible Strands
Jeremiah 49:39
“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah in the oracle against Elam, delivering this promise immediately after declaring He will set His throne there and destroy its leadership.
The words — The Hebrew phrase בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים (be./'a.cha.Rit hai./ya.Mim) literally renders "at the end of the days," and אָשִׁיב שְׁבֻת (a.shiv she.vut) translates to "I will turn back [the] captivity."
The thread — This structural pattern of post-judgment restoration appears in Jeremiah 48:47 for Moab and aligns with the future restoration theme in Isaiah 2:2.
Why it lands — The text states that a future period will reverse Elam's exile, requiring the reader to acknowledge the bounded nature of divine judgment and the certainty of the stated return.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 48:47 Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
- Job 42:10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
- Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
- Jeremiah 49:6 Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 16:53 But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.
- Ezekiel 29:14 I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
- Ezekiel 38:16 You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 39:25 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
- Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
- Daniel 10:14 Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”