A Message about Elam

³⁴ This message concerning Elam came to the prophet Jeremiah from the Lord at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.

² In this vision I was at the fortress of Susa, in the province of Elam, standing beside the Ulai River.^[a]

²⁵ and to the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media.

Abram Rescues Lot

14 About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia,^[a] King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim

²² The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

⁹ Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia,

²⁴ “Elam lies there surrounded by the graves of all its hordes, those who were slaughtered by the sword. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have descended as outcasts to the world below. Now they lie in the pit and share the shame of those who have gone before them. ²⁵ They have a resting place among the slaughtered, surrounded by the graves of all their hordes. Yes, they terrorized the nations while they lived, but now they lie in shame with others in the pit, all of them outcasts, slaughtered by the sword.

⁹ They greeted the king for all their colleagues—the judges and local leaders, the people of Tarpel, the Persians, the Babylonians, and the people of Erech and Susa (that is, Elam).