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The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 49, Verse 35

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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
King James Version
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
New English Translation
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies said,“I will kill all the archers of Elam, who are the chief source of her military might.
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
36
And upon 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.
37
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:
38
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
39
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, [that] I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
1
The word that the LORD spake against Babylon [and] against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
2
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
3
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
4
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
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They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten.
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My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away [on] the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.