Abram Rescues Lot

14 In the days of Amraphel king of ^(A)Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of ^(B)Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

¹⁰ The beginning of his kingdom was ^(A)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in ^(B)the land of Shinar.

^11 (A)In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, ^(B)from Assyria, ^(C)from Egypt, from ^(D)Pathros, from ^(E)Cush,^[a] from ^(F)Elam, from ^(G)Shinar, from ^(H)Hamath, and from ^(I)the coastlands of the sea.

² And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in ^(A)the land of Shinar and settled there.

²² The ^(A)sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

¹¹ He said to me, “To the ^(A)land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”

² And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of ^(A)the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to ^(B)the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, ^(C)and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.

^24 (A)“Elam is ^(B)there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them ^(C)slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into ^(D)the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and ^(E)they bear their shame ^(F)with those who go down to the pit.

Judgment on Elam

³⁴ The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning ^(A)Elam, in the beginning of the reign of ^(B)Zedekiah king of Judah.

³⁵ Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will break ^(C)the bow of ^(D)Elam, the mainstay of their might. ³⁶ And I will bring upon ^(E)Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. And I will scatter them to all those winds, and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of ^(F)Elam shall not come. ³⁷ I will ^(G)terrify ^(H)Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, ^(I)my fierce anger, declares the Lord. ^(J)I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them, ³⁸ and I will set my throne in ^(K)Elam and destroy their king and officials, declares the Lord.

³⁹ “But in the latter days ^(L)I will restore the fortunes of ^(M)Elam, declares the Lord.”