Jeremias 49:39
But in the latter days I will cause the captives of Elam, to return, saith the Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In novissimis autem diebus reverti faciam captivos Ælam, dicit Dominus.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 25:19
- καὶ ἔσται ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ ἀποστρέψω τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν Αἰλάμ, λέγει Κύριος.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהָיָ֣ה בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית הַיָּמִ֗ים אשוב אֶת שבית עֵילָ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Return. They joined the standards of Cyrus, and became masters of the East. (Calmet)
This and similar texts are understood of the conversion of the Gentiles, Acts ii. 7. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Persecution
6. Consider and observe, my hearer, that if God had given a hope to Sodom and to her fellows, He would not have overthrown them with fire and brimstone, the sign of the last day of the world, but would have delivered them over to one of the kingdoms to be chastised. As it is written that when Jeremiah caused the nations and kingdoms to drink the cup of wrath, he said concerning each one of the cities, that after they shall drink the cup, I will turn back the captivity of Elam, of Tyre, of Zidon, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab , and of Edom . Concerning each one of these kingdoms he said: In the last days I well turn back her captivity. Now we see that Tyre was inhabited, and was opulent after she had wandered seventy years , and after she had received the reward of her harlotries and after she had committed fornication with all kingdoms. …