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Jeremiah 49:37 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life. I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them. "
Jeremiah 49:37
Verse in Context
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35 “The LORD of Armies says: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
36 I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds. There will be no nation where the outcasts of Elam will not come.
37 I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life. I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
38 I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says the LORD.
39 ‘But it will happen in the latter days that I will reverse the captivity of Elam,’ says the LORD.”
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Jeremiah 49:1
"Of the children of Ammon. The LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in its cities?"
Jeremiah 49:2
"Therefore behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and it will become a desolate heap, and her daughters will be burned with fire; then Israel will possess those who possessed him,” says the LORD."
Jeremiah 49:3
"“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourself in sackcloth. Lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malcam will go into captivity, his priests and his princes together."
Jeremiah 49:4
"Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? You trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come to me?’"
Jeremiah 49:5
"Behold, I will bring a terror on you,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies, “from all who are around you. All of you will be driven completely out, and there will be no one to gather together the fugitives."
Jeremiah 49:6
"“But afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children of Ammon,” says the LORD."
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