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Jeremiah 47:2-7

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2 "Thus says the LORD: 1Behold, waters are rising 2out of the north, 3and shall become an overflowing torrent; they shall overflow 4the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. Men shall cry out, and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions, 5at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels, the fathers 6look not back to their children, so feeble are their hands,
4 because of the day that is coming to destroy all 7the Philistines, to cut off from 8Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the LORD is destroying the Philistines, 9the remnant of the coastland of 10Caphtor.
5 11Baldness has come upon Gaza; 12Ashkelon has perished. O remnant of their valley, 13how long will you gash yourselves?
6 14Ah, sword of the LORD! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!
7 How can it[a] be quiet 15when the LORD has given it a charge? Against 16Ashkelon and against the seashore 17he has appointed it."
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Jeremiah 47:2-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 47

This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of the Philistines chiefly; and also of the Tyrians and Zidonians. The title of the prophecy, Jer 47:1; the instruments of this destruction, who are compared to overflowing waters; which would cause great lamentation in the inhabitants of the places where they should come, Jer 47:2; the noise of their horses and chariots would be so terrible, as to make parents flee and leave their own children, Jer 47:3; at the same time Tyre and Zidon would fall into the hands of the enemy, and have no helper, Jer 47:4; particular places in Palestine are mentioned, that should be destroyed, Jer 47:5; and all this owing to a commission the Lord gave to the sword, and which therefore would continue to ravage, Jer 47:6,7.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 17

  • 1. [Jeremiah 46:7, 8; Isaiah 8:7]
  • 2. See Jeremiah 1:13
  • 3. [Jeremiah 46:7, 8; Isaiah 8:7]
  • 4. [Jeremiah 8:16]
  • 5. Nahum 3:2
  • 6. Jeremiah 46:5
  • 7. [See ver. 1 above]
  • 8. Isaiah 23:1, 2; Joel 3:4; See Jeremiah 25:22
  • 9. Amos 1:8
  • 10. Genesis 10:14; Amos 9:7
  • 11. [Jeremiah 48:37; Isaiah 3:24]
  • 12. Jeremiah 25:20; [Judges 1:18]
  • 13. [Jeremiah 48:37]
  • 14. Deuteronomy 32:41; See Ezekiel 21:3-5
  • 15. [Ezekiel 14:17]
  • 16. Jeremiah 25:20; [Judges 1:18]
  • 17. Micah 6:9

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew you
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