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Jeremiah 49:35

Jeremiah 49:35 is verse 35 of Jeremiah chapter 49, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

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King James Version

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

World English Bible

“Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

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Jeremiah 49:33–37 · Berean Standard Bible

33 “Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”

34 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.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Jeremiah 50:14

Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:29

Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:56

For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.

Psalms 46:9

He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

Isaiah 22:6

Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

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