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Jeremiah 47:2

And the chief captain of the guard took him, and said to him, The Lord thy God has pronounced all these evils upon this place:

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

In Context

1The word that came from the Lord to Jeremiah, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go out of Ramah, when he had taken him in manacles in the midst of the captivity of Judah, even those who were carried to Babylon.

3and the Lord has done it; because ye sinned against him, and hearkened not to his voice.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:12Create in me a clean heart, O God; 1 And renew a right spirit in my inward parts. 1

Psalms 98:7He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud; 1 They kept his testimonies, 1 And the ordinances which he gave them. 1

Isaiah 14:31Howl, ye gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, even all the Philistines: for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no possibility of living.

Isaiah 15:8For the cry has reached the border of the region of Moab, even of Eglaim; and her howling has gone as far as the well of Elim.

Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.

Isaiah 59:19So shall they of the west fear the name of the Lord, and they that come from the rising of the sun his glorious name: for the wrath of the Lord shall come as a mighty river, it shall come with fury.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 47:2-7

The Judgment of the Philistines. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. 2 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his… Read the whole commentary →

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