Jeremiah 49:39

But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
latter	בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית be.'a.cha.Rit	H319	the last or end · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
days	הַיָּמִ֗ים hai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
again	אָשִׁ֛יב 'a.shuv	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular
captivity	שְׁב֥וּת she.vit	H7622	exile · noun, common feminine singular construct
Elam	עֵילָ֖ם 'ei.Lam	H5867	Elam · proper noun, a place name
saith	נְאֻם ne.'um-	H5002	an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 48:47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Isaiah 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shal…
Jeremiah 49:6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 16:53-55 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then wil…
Ezekiel 29:14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; an…
Ezekiel 38:16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee agai…
Ezekiel 39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:34–end

This prophecy is dated in the beginning of Zedekiah's reign; it is probable that the other prophecies against the Gentiles, going before, were at the same time. The Elamites were the Persians, descended from Elam the son of Shem (Gen 10:22); yet some think it was only that part of Persia which lay nearest to the Jews which was called Elymais, and adjoined to Media-Elam, which, say they, had acted against God's Israel, bore the quiver in an expedition against them (Isa 22:6), and therefore must be reckoned with among the rest. It is here foretold, in general, that God will bring evil upon them, even his fierce anger, and that is evil enough, it has all evil in it, Jer 49:37. In particular, 1.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 49:39

latter days--The full restoration belongs to gospel times. Elamites were among the first who heard and accepted it (Act 2:9). After the predictions of judgment to be inflicted on other nations by Babylon, follows this one against Babylon itself, the longest prophecy, consisting of one hundred verses. The date of utterance was the fourth year of Zedekiah, when Seraiah, to whom it was committed, was sent to Babylon (Jer 51:59-60). The repetitions in it make it likely that it consists of prophecies uttered at different times, now collected by Jeremiah to console the Jews in exile and to vindicate God's ways by exhibiting the final doom of Babylon, the enemy of the people of God, after her long…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 49:39

But it shall come to pass in the latter days,.... Not in the times of Cyrus, when these people enjoyed their liberty, as the Jews and other nations did, freed by him from the Babylonian yoke; which cannot with propriety be called the latter days, being but seventy or eighty years at most after this prophecy; but in the times of the Messiah, often in prophecy called the latter days: that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord: which was accomplished in a spiritual sense, when some of these people, the Elamites, were converted to Christ, and delivered by him from the captivity of sin and Satan, and were brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God; see Acts 2:9.

The Church Fathers

"It shall come to pass in later days that I will bring back the captives of Elam," which refers to the time after seventy years of Jewish exile, when Cyrus, after destroying the Chaldean kingdom, would return all captured and enslaved people to their native lands. The divine Paul says, "Whatever was written of old was written for our instruction." Thus, the Holy Spirit ordered Jeremiah and other prophets to record events of the captivity and of the return of magnificent and great nations in their own time, so that we would have a clear and vivid depiction of our slavery under the burden of Satan, as well as providing us with a picture of the divine household of our Lord who, through his death, bestowed on us life and redemption.Moreover, the Holy Spirit instructs us that a human being should not complain about the truth of God when wicked people experience great calamities. But we always must think about the severe judgment that happened to great nations and listen to the prophet who exhorts us, saying, "Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling, so that he will not be angry and you will not perish from his way. For his wrath may soon be kindled."
— Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON JEREMIAH 49:39

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Dictionary and topics

Persia · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning

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Jeremiah 49:39

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:34–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 49:39

John Gill on Jeremiah 49:39

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 49:39

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:34–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 49:39

John Gill on Jeremiah 49:39

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 49:39–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 49:34–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 49:39

Rashi on Jeremiah 49:38