Jeremiah 47:1

That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smiteth Gaza:

Young's Literal Translation

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

2'Thus said Jehovah: Lo, waters are coming up from the north, And have been for an overflowing stream, And they overflow the land and its fulness, The city, and the inhabitants in it, And men have cried out, And howled hath every inhabitant of the land.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:15in the rings of the ark are the staves, they are not turned aside from it;

Jeremiah 25:20And all the mixed people, And all the kings of the land of Uz, And all the kings of the land of the Philistines, And Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and Ekron, And the remnant of Ashdod,

Amos 1:6Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their removing a complete captivity, To deliver up to Edom,

Zechariah 9:5See doth Ashkelon and fear, Also Gaza, and she is exceedingly pained, Also Ekron — for her expectation dried up, And perished hath a king from Gaza, And Ashkelon doth not remain,

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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