Jeremiah 47:1

So much of the word of Yahweh as came unto Jeremiah the prophet, Against the Philistines,—before Pharaoh smote Gaza:

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In The King James Version

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

In Context

2Thus, saith Yahweh—Lo! waters rising from the North And they shall become a torrent overflowing, Which shall overflow The land and the fulness thereof, The city, and the dwellers therein,—Then shall men make outcry, And all the inhabitants of the land, howl.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:15In the rings of the ark, shall remain the staves,—they shall not be removed therefrom.

Jeremiah 25:20And all the Bedawin, and all the kings of the land of Uz,—and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, even Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

Amos 1:6Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Gaza, and because of four, will I not turn it back,—Because of their taking into exile the whole body of exiles, to deliver to Edom,

Zechariah 9:5Ashkelon, shall see, and fear, Gaza, also, which shall writhe in great anguish, Ekron, also, because abashed is her expectation,—and the king, shall perish, from Gaza, and, Ashkelon, 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 →

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