Jeremiah 49:38

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and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes, says Yahweh.

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The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

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Elam, east of Babylon in what is now southwestern Iran, was an ancient kingdom whose power God declares he will judge in this verse. The surrounding chapter likewise addresses Ammon,

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Jeremiah 49:38 mentions Ammon, Arpad, Babylon, Bozrah, Damascus, Dedan, East, Edom, Elam, Hamath, Hazor, Jordan, Kedar, Rabbah and Red Sea.

Photo of Ammon — Ammon · Berthold Werner

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky