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"There is Elam and all her multitude"

Text: Ezekiel 32:24

THE NATION OF ELAM

In the 8th and 7th Centuries, Elam joined hands with the Chaldeans and the Arameans. They fought with Assyria but did not prevail.

“There is Elam and all her multitude,
All around her grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Who have gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth,
Who caused their terror in the land of the living;
Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.
They have set her bed in the midst of the slain,
With all her multitude,
With her graves all around it,
All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword;
Though their terror was caused
In the land of the living,
Yet they bear their shame
With those who go down to the Pit;
It was put in the midst of the slain.”
Ezekiel 32:24-25

1. Elam also had a strong army.

a) But they were defeated by the Assyrians.

b) They were thoroughly beaten by the sword of the Assyrians.

c) They too ended up in the Pit.

d) They had caused much terror to their enemies but they had met their match when they faced Assyria.

e) They died with shame for they were severely beaten by the Assyrians.

2. All of them uncircumcised.

a) This was a term used to describe them as Gentiles.

b) The symbolic meaning of being uncircumcised:

i) They were unclean.

ii) They were impure.

iii) They would die with their sins not cleansed away.

3. Elam in the past.

a) It was feared by many.

b) They caused many to be terrified of them.

c) They were cruel to their captives.

d) Now, they were the captives of the Assyrians.

e) They were regarded as deserving only “the lower parts of the earth”.