Jeremiah 49:35
Good News Translation
He said, "I will kill all the archers who have made Elam so powerful.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am going to break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might;

New American Bible
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Look! I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.

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Jeremiah 50:14,29 Prepare yourselves against Babylon round about, all you that bend the bow: fight against her, spare not arrows: because she hath sinned against the Lord. . . .

Jeremiah 51:56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay.

Psalm 46:9 Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.

Isaiah 22:6 And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.

Context
The Judgment on Elam
34The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Sedecias king of Juda, saying: 35Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.36And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven: and I will scatter them into all these winds: and there shall be no nation, to which the fugitives of Elam shall not come.…
Cross References
Psalm 46:9
Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.

Isaiah 22:6
And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.

Jeremiah 51:56
Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay.

Hosea 1:5
And in that day I will break in pieces the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrahel.

Jeremiah 49:34
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