Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 49:38
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
38. set my throne in ] sit in judgement upon. Cp. Jer 1:15, Jer 43:10.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Literally, king and princes. Elam will lose its independence, and henceforward have no native ruler with his attendant officers.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 38. I will set my throne in Elam] This is spoken either of Nebuchadnezzar or Cyrus. It is certain that Cyrus did render himself master of Elymais and Media, which are in the land of Elam.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
God here calls the throne of Nebuchadnezzar, or Cyrus, or Alexander, (whoever he was that conquered the Persians,) his throne:
1. Because God gave it the conqueror.
2. Or because God showed himself the Lord of hosts, or the Lord of the whole earth, by disposing the kingdom of Persia at his pleasure. He doth not threaten the destruction of the whole nation, but the making of it all tributary, so as it should have no kings nor princes of its own.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
38. I will show Myself King byMy judgments there, as though My tribunal were erected there. Thethrone of Cyrus, God’s instrument, set up over Media, of which Elamwas a part, may be meant [GROTIUS];or rather, that of Nebuchadnezzar (Jer43:10). Then the restoration of Elam (Jer49:39) will refer partly to that which took place on thereduction of Babylon by Cyrus, prince of Persia and Media.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And I will set my throne in Elam,…. Either when Alexander subdued it, or Cyrus, or rather Nebuchadnezzar, whose palace probably was, as it is certain his successors was, in Shushan in Elam, as before observed from Da 8:2. This is called the Lord’s throne, because he gave it to him; his conquest of Elam, and his dominion over it, were from him:
and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord; so that there should be no more kings of Elam, and princes and nobles of their own, after this time; and because mention is made of the kings of Elam in the times of Nebuchadnezzar, Jer 25:25; though that is observed in the first year of his reign, some have thought that it is best to understand it or Cyrus, the Lord’s servant and anointed; and whose throne might well be called the throne of God, which he gave him, and set him on in an eminent manner, not only there, but elsewhere; see Ezr 1:2; and when this country of Elam, or Elymais, became at part of the Persian empire, and never had any more kings to reign over it separately. Some of the Jewish Rabbins b, as Kimchi observes, interpret the king and princes of Vashti of Haman and his sons; but very wrongly.
b In T. Bab. Megillah, fol. 10. 2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He confirms what I have just referred to as to their consumption; but he at the same time adds, that God would be in such a way the avenger as though his tribunal was erected in that land. He threatens that he would destroy the king and the princes; and this, as I have explained, was the consumption; for though some individuals would remain alive, yet the name of the people would not survive, the whole race as such would become extinct.
But these words ought to be noticed — that God would erect his throne. God is said to erect his throne when he rules; but his kingdom is not to be taken always in a good sense. God is properly said to rule or reign among the faithful, whom he governs by his Spirit. So God’s kingdom begins and has its origin when regeneration takes place. But sometimes, as I have already said, God is said to reign in the midst of his enemies, as we have seen respecting the Egyptians. He then erected his throne when he executed his recorded judgment on the Elamites, for though the Elamites were blind, yet God’s power was made really evident, and by the effect he proved that he was the King of that people whose wickedness he punished with so much severity. In short, as God is said to be silent, to sleep, or to lie down, when he does not execute his vengeance; so in this place he is said to erect his throne when he discharges the office of a Judge. It follows —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(38) I will set my throne in Elam.The throne of Jehovah is, it is clear, the throne of the king who is, for the time, His chosen instrument and servant, in this case therefore the throne of Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 43:10), against whom. Elam, like the other nations in Jer. 25:13-25, and in Jeremiah 48, 49, had apparently risen in rebellion. Of this we have, perhaps, a trace in the statement of Jdt. 1:1-13, that Nebuchadnezzar defeated Arphaxad, a king of Media, in the seventeenth year of his reign. The words find an historical fulfilment in the fact that Shushan, in the province of Elam, became one of the royal residences of the Chaldan kings (Dan. 8:2), and continued to be so under those of Persia, who, as regards the population of Elam proper, were as conquerors (Neh. 1:1; Est. 1:2). A like prediction of the fall of Elam, among other nations, before the attack of the King of Babylon is found in Eze. 32:24.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
38. I will set my throne Of judgment, to punish king and princes, (not, as in the text, “ the king and the princes.”)
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 49:38. And I will set my throne in Elam “Nebuchadrezzar shall place his throne in Elam in token of his intire conquest of that country.” See chap. Jer 1:15 Jer 43:10. This is called God’s throne, as Nebuchadrezzar is called his servant. See chap. Jer 27:6-7 and Lowth.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Jer 49:38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
Ver. 38. And I will set my throne in Elam, ] i.e., I will solemnly execute my judgments upon these people, as if I sat in my judgment seat in a public court in the midst of them. a
a Diod.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 43:10, Dan 7:9-14
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 49:38. Set my throne means the Lord would overthrow the power of Elam and take charge of the country Himself and see that matters were run as he saw fit.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
49:38 And I will set my {i} throne in Elam, and will destroy from there the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
(i) I will place Nebuchadnezzar there, and in these prophecies Jeremiah speaks of those countries which would be subdued under the first of those four monarchies of which Daniel makes mention.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
Yahweh would establish His sovereignty over Elam and would destroy its ruling dynasty.