Jeremiah 47:5
But if not, depart; return to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed governor in the land of Judah, and dwell with him in the midst of the people in the land of Judah: to whatsoever places it seems good in thine eyes to go, do thou even go. And the captain of the guard made him presents, and let him go.
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In Context
6And he came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, and dwelt in the midst of his people that was left in the land.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:28And ye shall not make cuttings in your body for a dead body, and ye shall not inscribe on yourselves any marks. I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 14:1Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
1 Kings 18:28And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them.
Jeremiah 16:1And thou shalt not take a wife, saith the Lord God of Israel:
Jeremiah 25:20In the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah, there came this word concerning Elam.
Jeremiah 47:1The 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.
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 →