Judgment on Elam

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah 35 This is what the LORD of Hosts says:

“ Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow,

the mainstay of their might.

36 

I will bring the four winds against Elam

from the four corners of the heavens,

and I will scatter them

to all these winds.

There will not be a nation

to which Elam’s exiles will not go

37 

So I will shatter Elam before their foes,

before those who seek their lives.

I will bring disaster upon them,

even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD.

“I will send out the sword after them

until I finish them off.

38 

I will set My throne in Elam,

and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.

39 

“Yet in the last days,

I will restore Elam from captivity,[fn]” declares the LORD. 50