39But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
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Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: …
Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 34-39)This prophecy is dated in the beginning of Zedekiah’s reign; it is probable that the other prophecies against the Gentiles, going before, were at the same time. The Elamites were the Persians, descended from Elam the son of Shem (Gen. 10:22); yet some think it was only that part of Persia which lay nearest to the Jews which was called Elymais , and adjoined to Media-Elam, which, say they, had acte…
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