Jeremiah 49:39
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New International Version (©2011)
"Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam in days to come," declares the LORD.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But I will restore the fortunes of Elam in days to come. I, the LORD, have spoken!"

English Standard Version (©2001)
“But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, declares the LORD.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'But it will come about in the last days That I will restore the fortunes of Elam,'" Declares the LORD.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
In the last days, I will restore the fortunes of Elam. This is the LORD's declaration.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"But in the latter days I'll restore the fortunes of Elam," declares the LORD.

NET Bible (©2006)
"Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam's ill fortune." says the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But afterward, I'll return the captives of Elam, declares the LORD.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, says the LORD.

American King James Version
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, said the LORD.

American Standard Version
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, saith Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But in the latter days I will cause the captives of Elam, to return, saith the Lord.

Darby Bible Translation
But it shall come to pass at the end of the days, I will turn the captivity of Elam, saith Jehovah.

English Revised Version
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

World English Bible
But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in the latter end of the days, I turn back to the captivity of Elam, An affirmation of Jehovah!'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

49:34-39 The Elamites were the Persians; they acted against God's Israel, and must be reckoned with. Evil pursues sinners. God will make them know that he reigns. Yet the destruction of Elam shall not be for ever. But this promise was to have its full accomplishment in the days of the Messiah. In reading the Divine assurance of the destruction of all the enemies of the church, the believer sees that the issue of the holy war is not doubtful. It is blessed to recollect, that He who is for us, is more than all against us. And he will subdue the enemies of our souls.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 39. - But... in the latter days; i.e. presumably in the Messianic age. Into the fulfilment of this promise we need not inquire in too prosaic a spirit. It is true that "Elamites" are mentioned among the persons present on the great "day of Pentecost" (Acts 2:9). But this would be a meagre fulfilment indeed. The fact is that, both in the narrative in the Acts and in this prophecy, the Elamites are chiefly mentioned as representatives of the distant and less civilized Gentile nations, and the fulfilment is granted whenever a similar people to the Elamites is brought to the knowledge of the true religion.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But it shall come to pass in the latter days,.... Not in the times of Cyrus, when these people enjoyed their liberty, as the Jews and other nations did, freed by him from the Babylonian yoke; which cannot with propriety be called the latter days, being but seventy or eighty years at most after this prophecy; but in the times of the Messiah, often in prophecy called the latter days:

that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord: which was accomplished in a spiritual sense, when some of these people, the Elamites, were converted to Christ, and delivered by him from the captivity of sin and Satan, and were brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God; see Acts 2:9.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

39. latter days—The full restoration belongs to gospel times. Elamites were among the first who heard and accepted it (Ac 2:9).

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The Judgment on Elam
…37For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger, said the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: 38And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there the king and the princes, said the LORD. 39But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, said the LORD.

Jeremiah 12:15 But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country.
Jeremiah 48:47 "Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in days to come," declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
Jeremiah 49:6 "Yet afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:38 I will set my throne in Elam and destroy her king and officials," declares the LORD.