49:39 “Yet in days to come
I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune.” 4
says the Lord. 5
1 sn The kingdom of Zimri is mentioned nowhere else, so its location is unknown.
2 sn See further Jer 49:34-39 for judgment against Elam.
3 sn Elam and Media were east of Babylon; Elam in the south and Media in the north. They were in what is now western Iran.
4 tn See Jer 29:14; 30:3 and the translator’s note on 29:14 for the idiom used here.
sn See a similar note on the reversal of Moab’s fortunes in Jer 48:47 and compare also 46:26 for a future restoration of Egypt.
5 tn Heb “Oracle of the