The Strand Study Bible

JEREMIAH 49:27

JEREMIAH 50:2

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34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet 3 against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, P 35 Thus saith the LORD OF HOSTS ; 3 Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. P 36 3 And upon 4 Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. P 37 3 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: P 38 3 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. P 39 But it shall come to pass 5 in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. P READ NEXT - Jeremiah 27-28 Jeremiah 50 The promise of Babylon’s fall to Medo-Persia (Fulfilled - Dan 5:30,31 -539 BC) (Note - This portion of Jeremiah’s prophecy took place in the 4th year of King Zedekiah’s reign) Date Written - 593 BC/AM 3407 1 The word that the LORD spake 6 against 7 Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. P 2 8 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, 6 Babylon is 9 taken, 10 Bel is confounded, 11 Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. P

27 1 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad. P The promise of Arabia’s fall to Babylon (Fulfilled - 599 BC) 28 2 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchad- rezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil themen of the east. P 29 2 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. P 30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; 2 for NebuchadrezzarkingofBabylonhathtaken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. P 31 2 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. P 32 2 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. P 33 2 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. P READ NEXT - Jere 36:1-8 The promise of Elam’s fall to Babylon (Fulfilled - 596 BC)

1. Fulfilled - 603 BC

(Fall of Syria) 2. Fulfilled - 599 BC (Fall of Arabia) 3. Fulfilled - 596 BC (Fall of Elam)

4. See - Large Map #254 in the back of Jeremiah 5. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4 (Israel’s Restoration) 6. Fulfilled - Dan 5:30-31 (Fall of Babylon) 7. Isa 13 & 47 & 21:1-10 8. Rev 18:9-19 9. or, “fallen” - Rev 18:2 10. Isa 46:1 11. that is, “the leading god of the Babylonians”

(Note - This portion of Jeremiah’s prophecy took place in the 1st year of King Zedekiah’s reign) Date Written - 597 BC/AM 3403

49:28 Kedar belonged to a tribe of the Bedouin type (desert people), which descended from Ishmael (Gen 25:13). 49:34 Elam was the firstborn son of Seth (Gen 10:22 and I Chro 1:17), and father of the Elamites. A powerful nation during the second millennium BC (Gen 14:1-11), Elam was conquered by the Assyrians c. 640 BC. When Assyria fell to Babylon in 612 BC, Elam regained back its independence and later helped the Medes and Persians to overthrow Babylon (Dan 5:30-31). On the day of Pentecost there were Elamites present in Jerusalem (Acts 2:9). NOTE – Like Moab (Jere 48), Ammon (Jere 49:1-5) and Edom (Obad 1), Elam would be disassembled as a nation. Yet God promised Elam (like He did Moab, Ammon and Edom) that He would bring again the captivity of Elam in the latter days (vs 39). Why? Because of the promise of the firstborn to receive an inheritance. 50:1 Jeremiah devotes the next two chapters (50 and 51) to the destruction of Babylon. Prior to these two chapters only four other verses in Jeremiah’s writings had been dedicated to Babylon’s destruction (Jere 25:12-14 & 27:7). Jeremiah 50 and 51 is not only a prophecy of sentencing against Babylon ; it is also a prophecy of restoration for the nation of Israel (Jere 50:4-8,19-20). 50:2 This specific warning against Babylon was “not to be veiled” ( and conceal not ) within prophecy. The message was not to be hid. Babylon was to know its end. The very nation that Jeremiah was told to campaign for (Jere 1,4-16,18-25,29,32,34-35,37- 38,45), he was now told to curse. Would this new prophecy fare well for the prophet or would the king of Babylon take offense and have Jeremiah killed. According to Jeremiah 39:11-14, Jeremiah was well received by King Nebuchad-nezzar, despite his words against the nation. Why? Because the news he was now hearing from Jeremiah was old news, for Daniel had already pre- warned the king of Babylon of the nation’s demise (Dan 2:36-39).