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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 49:39

In the latter days, I will bring again the captivity of Elam This is supposed to relate to the times of the Lagi and Seleucidæ, when the Elamites recovered their liberty. Or, if we consider what is said in the foregoing verse to relate to Nebuchadnezzar, this may be understood of Cyrus's setting them free from the Babylonish yoke; for we find from Isaiah 22:6, that the Elamites assisted Cyrus in the conquest of Babylon; and Shushan, the chief city of Elam, was made the metropolis of the Persian empire.

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See also Jeremiah 49:39 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 49:39. _I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF ELAM_] As this is to be in _the latter days_, probably it may mean the _spiritual_ _freedom_ which these people would receive under the Gosp...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ELAM - Elam was subject to Babylon Daniel 8:2, and its capital Shushan a favorite residence of the Persian kings Esther 1:2. Of its subsequent fate we know little; the Elamites continued to exist, and...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 49 Concerning Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, and Elam _ 1. Concerning the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:1) _ 2. Concerning Edom (Jeremiah 49:7) 3. Concerning Damascus (Jeremiah 49:23)...

  • 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 Persian a...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LATTER DAYS. The end or after part of the days. BRING AGAIN, &C. See note on Jeremiah 48:47. Compare Deuteronomy 30:3....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I WILL BRING AGAIN, &C.— When the Lord had resolved to destroy the monarchy of the Chaldeans, he inspired Cyrus with those great designs which he afterwards so successfully executed: who began with se...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IX. AN ORACLE AGAINST ELAM Jeremiah 49:34-39 TRANSLATION (3?) The word of the LORD which came unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah. (35) Thus says the L...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. IN THE LATTER DAYS ... I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF ELAM - the full restoration...

  • 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-pileser...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    See on Jeremiah 48:47....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF ELAM. — Of the special history of Elam, as distinct from the other provinces of the Persian Empire, history records but little. The mention of Elamites among those...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֣ה ׀ בְּ אַחֲרִ֣ית הַ יָּמִ֗ים _אָשִׁ֛יב_†...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXIV ELAM Jeremiah 49:34 "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 arrangement of these...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But it shall come to pass (k) in the latter days, [that] I will bring again the captives of Elam, saith the LORD. (k) This may be referred to the empire of the Persians and Medes after the Chaldeans...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Return. They joined the standards of Cyrus, and became masters of the East. (Calmet) --- This and similar texts are understood of the conversion of the Gentiles, Acts ii. 7. (Worthington)_...

  • 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 l...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS IN reading this Chapter, and beholding the gracious Covenant promises of God in Christ, thus held forth to the full assurance of faith for the final destruction of all the Church's adversa...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here God mitigates the severity of the prediction, because he would at length gather some of the Elamites and restore them, so that they might again obtain some place or honor. He says not in the _end...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 ca...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But it shall come to pass in the latter days, [that] I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. Ver. 39. _I will bring again the captivity of Elam._] Principally by bringing them to Je...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST DAMASCUS, HAZOK, AND ELAM...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But it shall come to pass in the latter days, an expression used invariably of the Messianic era, THAT I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF ELAM, SAITH THE LORD, so that from this country also there we...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    34-39 The Elamites were the Persians; they acted against God's Israel, and must be reckoned with. Evil pursues sinners. God will make them know that he reigns. Yet the destruction of Elam shall not b...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    We had the like promise as to Moab, JEREMIAH 48:47, and as to Ammon, JEREMIAH 49:6; the same LATTER DAYS either signify after many days, or in the time of the Messias. In the former sense it may refer...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 49:39 latter H319 days H3117 back H7725 (H8686) (H8675) H7725 (H8799) captives H7622

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGMENT AGAINST ELAM (JEREMIAH 49:34). Elam was one of the nations in the area around Mesopotamia, situated in the plain of Khazistan and watered by the River Kerkh, which fed into the Tigris just no...

  • 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 visit Am...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecies against the Ammonites, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, kingdoms of Hazor, Elam. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadrezzar, Zedekiah. CONCLUSION: Nations that despise and persecute God's...

  • 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 ev...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 49:39 For the same promise to other nations, see Jeremiah 33:26; Jeremiah 49:6; and no

  • The 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 are synchronous with the previous chapter, but the section (Jere...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION On Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazer, and Elam. JEREMIAH 49:1 The violence of the Ammonites shall be severely punished. JEREMIAH 49:1 HATH ISRAEL NO SONS! The violent seizure, perp...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 49, he speaks first of the Ammonites. Now, the Ammonites were those people who were north of Moab and east of the Jordan in the upper Jordan area, east of the Sea of Galilee and the Gol...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 9:14; Daniel 10:14; Daniel 2:28; Ezekiel 16:53; Ezekiel 29:14;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    But — We had the like promise as to Moab, Jeremiah 48:47, and as to Ammon, Jeremiah 49:6, the same latter days either signify after many days, or in the time of the Messiah. In the former sense it may...

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