Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
- BSB Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
- NKJV Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield.
- NASB Elam picked up the quiver, With the chariots, infantry, and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.
- NLT Elamites are the archers, with their chariots and charioteers. The men of Kir hold up the shields.
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Quick answer
Foreign forces from Elam and Kir prepare for assault against Jerusalem. It matters because it shows the gathering of armies God permits against his city.
Overview
Elam with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovering the shield, depict invading forces arrayed for war. These nations serve as instruments in the judgment falling on Jerusalem. The military buildup makes the threat concrete and pressing. It reminds readers that God can use foreign powers to discipline his people.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Kgs 16:9The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
- Isa 21:2A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
- Amos 9:7Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?” says Yahweh. “Haven’t I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
- Amos 1:5I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,” says Yahweh.
- Isa 15:1The burden of Moab: for in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.
- Gen 10:22The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
- Jer 49:35–39“Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
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