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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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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:32 cut their hair short Literally, “cut on the side of their heads,” a custom different from that of Israelite men.
  2. Jeremiah 49:34 Elam A nation east of Babylon.

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:

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:32 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads