‘But it will come about in the last days That I will restore the fortunes of Elam,’ ” Declares the Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB ‘But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam,’ says Yahweh.”
- KJV But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
- BSB “Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
- NKJV ‘But it shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring back the captives of Elam,’ says the Lord.”
- NLT But I will restore the fortunes of Elam in days to come. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
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Quick answer
In the latter days God promises to restore Elam's fortunes. Even amid judgment, a note of future mercy is sounded.
Overview
After pronouncing severe judgment, the LORD holds out restoration for Elam 'in the latter days.' This gracious turn reflects God's heart to gather peoples from all nations into His blessing. It foreshadows the gospel's reach to the Gentiles and the inclusion of distant peoples among God's redeemed (Acts 2:9; Revelation 7:9).
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 48:47“Yet I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days,” says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
- Hos 3:5Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
- Job 42:10Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.
- Dan 2:28but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:
- Amos 9:14I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit.
- Ezek 16:53–55“‘“I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives among them;
- Ezek 38:16and you shall come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes.
- Isa 2:2It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
- Jer 49:6“But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon,” says Yahweh.
- Ezek 39:25Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
- Mic 4:1But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it.
- Ezek 29:14and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
- Dan 10:14Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days:
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