Jeremiah 49:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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: ”

• Jeremiah 49:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Elam. Roughly, this was the modern Khuzistan, E. of the Tigris, and N. or NE. of the Persian Gulf; the date given is c. 596, and the occasion may have been the conquest of Elam by Teispes, a Persia...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  life . soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  This verse especially shews that the Elamites were of the number of those who had inhumanly raged against God’s people, for he did not without reason set forth the severity of his vengeance tow...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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 aft...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 a...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Against Ammon, Edom, and other Nations 1-6. The territory of Ammon was N. of Moab, and the two peoples were connected by descent. The carrying away of the tribes on the E. of Jordan by Tiglath-pil...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXIV ELAM Jeremiah 49:34-39 "I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might."- Jeremiah 49:35 WE do not know what principle or absence of principle determined the arrangemen...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Against the children of Ammon Jeremiah raised a protest because their king was in possession of Gad. He declared that by the fierce judgment of war, they were to be dispossessed and driven forth. The...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I beg the Reader, as he closeth this account, to mark the sweet promise of grace to Elam, in the latter days. And when he hath done it, let him consult the Prophet Joel for the meaning of the phrase...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies ,.... Frightened; thrown into the utmost consternation, so that they shall have no heart nor spirit to go out against them, and meet them, a...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 aft...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Behold, I will break the bow of Elam The Elamites were famous archers, as this expression intimates, as also Isaiah's words, Isaiah 22:6 ; And Elam bare the quiver. Strabo also says, that the mo...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Judgment of Elam. B. C. 595.       34 The word of the L ORD that came to Jeremiah the p...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  We met with the like threatenings Jeremiah 49:5,24,29 , as to fear; and as to their destruction, we have often met with the like threatenings.

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Prophecy Of Judgment On The Nations Continued ( Jeremiah 49:1 to Jeremiah 51:64 ). Having learned that judgment was coming on Egypt, Philistia and Moab, we now go on to learn that it will also v...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. —The prophecies against Ammon, Edom, Damascus, and Kedar. Jeremiah 49:1-33 are synchronous with the previous chapter, but the secti...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jeremiah 49:1 . Hath Israel no sons; hath he no heir? In this bold and striking manner the prophet commences his elegy on Ammon. The king of Ammon had in times of war, seized the cities of Gad. By...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION On Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazer, and Elam. Jeremiah 49:1-24 The violence of the Ammonites shall be severely punished. Jeremiah 49:1 Hath Israel no sons! The vi...

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Against Damascus, Hazok, and Elam

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• Jeremiah 49:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 12:14 ; Ezekiel 32:23 ; Ezekiel 5:12 ; Ezekiel 5:2 ; Jeremiah 34:20 ; Jeremiah 34:21 ; Jeremiah 48:2 ; Jeremiah 48:39 ; Jeremiah 49:22 ; Jeremiah 49:24 ; Jeremiah 49:29 ; Jeremiah...

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