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Jeremiah 49:38

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49:38I will establish my sovereignty over Elam.84

I will destroy their king and their leaders,”85 says the Lord.86

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Footnotes

  1. 84 Or “I will sit in judgment over Elam”; Heb “I will set up my throne in Elam.” Commentators are divided over whether this refers to a king sitting in judgment over his captured enemies or whether it refers to formally establishing his rule over the country. Those who argue for the former idea point to the supposed parallels in 1:15 (which the present translation understands not to refer to this but to setting up siege) and 43:8–13. The parallelism in the verse here, however, argues that it refers to the Lord taking over the reins of government by destroying their former leaders.
  2. 85 Heb “I will destroy king and leaders from there.”
  3. 86 Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and I will set my throne in Elam and destroy their king and officials, declares the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will set my throne in Elam

and destroy her king and officials,”

declares the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will set my throne in Elam,

and I will destroy the king and officials from there.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will set my throne in Elam,” says the Lord,

“and I will destroy its king and officials.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I will set my throne in Elam

and I will destroy from there king and officials,’ declares Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I will set my throne in Elam,

And will destroy from thence the king and the princes,

Saith the Lord.