None of this is from me personally, I found this in my reading. The commentary to the scripture in Jeremiah is by a guy by the name of Bill Salus, who I'm not that familiar with. As events are unfolding I have taken an interest in trying to find prophecy that deals with the specific countries identified in the bible. It's been said we are about to enter a time in which more is written about than any other time in history, that includes when Jesus was on the earth. It looks like it is about to start.
Jeremiah 49:34: 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,
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Jeremiah issued his prophecies concerning Elam about
596 B.C. Jeremiah wrote about Elam about a decade before his contemporary
Ezekiel prophesied about
Persia in
Ezekiel 38:5. Ezekiel’s ministry spanned between 595–573 b.c. Modern-day Iran is comprised of ancient Elam and Persia.
Ezekiel was familiar with Elam, according to
Ezekiel 32:24–25, but he did not include Elam in the lineup of invaders in
Ezekiel 38. Elam was probably intentionally omitted, because it is the subject of its own distinctly different prophecy, outlined by Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 49:35: Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, The foremost of their might.”
The Elamites were warlike people and expert archers, according to
Genesis 14:1–9 and
Isaiah 22:6. Jeremiah predicts that Iran will suffer the fate of a broken bow, which might imply that the IRGC (
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) will be unable to launch scores of its
missiles at its enemies. Additionally, he declares that Iran will be struck at the foremost place of its might, which today could infer an attack upon its nuclear program.
Jeremiah 49:36: Against Elam I will bring the four winds From the four quarters of heaven, And scatter them toward all those winds; There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go.
Jeremiah informs us that the attack upon the ancient territory of Elam will produce numerous refugees, perhaps even turning into a
humanitarian crisis. Exiles will be dispersed worldwide, as if being blown about by overpowering winds.
Jeremiah 49:37: For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies And before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, My fierce anger, says the LORD; And I will send the sword after them Until I have consumed them.
Perhaps this alludes to a nuclear disaster caused from a strike upon Iran
Jeremiah 49:38–39: “I will set My throne in Elam, And will destroy from there the king and the princes,” says the LORD. “But it shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring back the captives of Elam,” says the LORD.
Jeremiah’s last two verses present the exiles of
Jeremiah 49:36 with great news.
Iranians who accept Christ in advance of
His second coming will be returned from global exile into the restored fortunes of their historic homeland in Elam. Moreover,
Jerusalem (
Jeremiah 3:17) and Elam (
Jeremiah 49:38) are the only two earthly locations identified in Scripture for the future establishment of the Lord’s throne.