Jeremiah 49:32-34
Easy-to-Read Version
32 “Their camels are there to be taken in battle.
Their large herds of cattle will be yours.
I will scatter them throughout the earth—those people who cut their hair short.[a]
I will bring disaster on them from every direction.”
This message is from the Lord.
33 “Hazor will become a home for wild dogs, an empty desert forever.
No one will live there.
No one will stay in that place.”
A Message About Elam
34 Early in the time when Zedekiah was king of Judah, Jeremiah the prophet received a message from the Lord about the nation of Elam.[b]
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- Jeremiah 49:32 cut their hair short Literally, “cut on the side of their heads,” a custom different from that of Israelite men.
- Jeremiah 49:34 Elam A nation east of Babylon.
Jeremiah 49:32-34
New International Version
32 Their camels(A) will become plunder,
and their large herds(B) will be spoils of war.
I will scatter to the winds(C) those who are in distant places[a](D)
and will bring disaster on them from every side,”
declares the Lord.
33 “Hazor(E) will become a haunt of jackals,(F)
a desolate(G) place forever.
No one will live there;
no people will dwell(H) in it.”
A Message About Elam
34 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(I) early in the reign of Zedekiah(J) king of Judah:
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:32 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
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