Jeremiah 49:36 “I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the…”

Jeremiah 49:36

I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

World English Bible

I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds. There will be no nation where the outcasts of Elam will not come.

American Standard Version

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

Geneva Bible 1599

And vpon Elam I will bring the foure windes from the foure quarters of heauen, and will scatter them towardes all these windes, and there shall bee no nation, whither the fugitiues of Elam shall not come.

Darby Translation

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds, from the four ends of the heavens, and I will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have brought in to Elam four winds, From the four ends of the heavens, And have scattered them to all these winds, And there is no nation whither outcasts of Elam come not in.

Bible in Basic English

And I will send on Elam four winds from the four quarters of heaven, driving them out to all those winds; there will be no nation into which the wanderers from Elam do not come.

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Cross references

“the four winds”

Daniel 8:8 Revelation 7:1 Daniel 8:22 Daniel 11:4 Daniel 7:2 Daniel 7:3

Daniel 8:8 · BSB

Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

Revelation 7:1 · BSB

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.

Daniel 8:22 · BSB

The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation but will not have the same power.

Daniel 11:4 · BSB

But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom…

Daniel 7:2 · BSB

Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.

Daniel 7:3 · BSB

Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:

“scatter”

Jeremiah 49:32 Ezekiel 5:10 Amos 9:9 Deuteronomy 28:25 Deuteronomy 28:64 Ezekiel 5:12

Jeremiah 49:32 · BSB

Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 5:10 · BSB

As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’

Amos 9:9 · BSB

“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

Deuteronomy 28:25 · BSB

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:64 · BSB

Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Ezekiel 5:12 · BSB

A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.

“the outcasts”

Jeremiah 30:17 Psalm 147:2 Isaiah 11:12 Isaiah 27:13 Isaiah 56:8 Isaiah 16:3

Jeremiah 30:17 · BSB

But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”

Psalm 147:2 · BSB

The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.

Isaiah 11:12 · BSB

He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 27:13 · BSB

And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 56:8 · BSB

Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”

Isaiah 16:3 · BSB

“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

35This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

37So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.

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