Jeremiah 49:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית הַיָּמִ֗ים *אשוב **אָשִׁ֛יב אֶת־*שבית **שְׁב֥וּת עֵילָ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

wə-hāyâ bəʾaḥărît hayyāmîm ʾāšîb ʾet-šəbût ʿêlām nəʾum-YHWH

Grammar Details

*wə-hāyâ*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it will be/happen
*bəʾaḥărît*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in the latter part/end of
*hayyāmîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the days
*ʾāšîb*: imperfect, 1st singular - I will return/restore
*ʾet-šəbût*: direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct - the captivity/fortunes of
*ʿêlām*: proper noun - Elam
*nəʾum-YHWH*: construct phrase - declaration of YHWH

Word Meanings

*hāyâ*: it will be/happen/come to pass
*ʾaḥărît hayyāmîm*: latter days/end of days/latter times
*ʾāšîb*: I will return/restore/bring back
*šəbût*: captivity/fortunes/restoration (text note indicates alternate form *šəbît*)
*ʿêlām*: Elam (place/people name)
*nəʾum-YHWH*: declaration/utterance of YHWH

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Jer 48:47 : 47 Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
Jer 49:6 : 6 But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith Jehovah.
Ezek 16:53-55 : 53 And I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them; 54 that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. 55 And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
Ezek 29:14 : 14 and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
Ezek 38:16 : 16 and thou shalt come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Ezek 39:25 : 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
Dan 2:28 : 28 but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:
Dan 10:14 : 14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for [many] days:
Hos 3:5 : 5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.
Amos 9:14 : 14 And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Mic 4:1 : 1 But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it.
Job 42:10 : 10 And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Isa 2:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

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