Jeremiah 47:1
The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, after that Nabuzardan the captain of the guard had let him go out of Rama, when he had taken him in manacles in the midst of the captivity of Juda, even those who were carried to Babylon.
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Exodus 25:15The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark.
Jeremiah 25:20In the beginning of the reign of king Sedekias, there came this word concerning Ælam.
Amos 1:6Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they took prisoners the captivity of Solomon, to shut them up into Idumea.
Zechariah 9:5Ascalon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and Accaron; for she is ashamed + 9:5 Alex. of her hope.at her trespass; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 47:1
This chapter reads the Philistines their doom, as the former read the Egyptians theirs and by the same hand, that of Nebuchadnezzar. It is short, but terrible; and Tyre and Zidon, though they lay at some distance from them, come in sharers with them in the destruction here threatened. I. It is foretold that the forces of the northern crowns should come upon them, to their great terror, ver. 1-5 . II. That the war should continue long, and their endeavours to put an end to it should be in vain, ver. 6-7 . Read the whole commentary →