Jeremiah 47:1-7 (LXX. Ch. Jeremiah 29:1-7). Prophecy against the Philistines Gi. (see introd. note on 46 51) accepts this prophecy as genuine, and is supported by Co., who refers to the four parallels in subject, viz. Amos 1:6-8; Isaiah 14:29-32; Ezekiel 25:15-17, and Zephaniah 2:4-7, with none of... [ Continue Reading ]
This _v_. in LXX consists simply of the words "Concerning the Philistines." At any rate we shall probably be right in considering "before that … Gaza" as a gloss added by a scribe who had regard to Jeremiah 47:5, but failing to see that the disaster there spoken of was to come on Gaza from the north... [ Continue Reading ]
The Prophecy regarding Philistia 2. _waters rise up_ In Jeremiah 46:8 the same figure was used for an army. Cp. Isaiah 8:7 (on which Co. thinks this _v_. to be based), where the Assyrian army is likened to the floods of the Euphrates. _an overflowing stream_ a river suddenly swelling up through th... [ Continue Reading ]
_At the noise … wheels_ Gi. omits all three clauses, Co. the middle one; both objecting on metrical grounds. _strong ones_ See on Jeremiah 8:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
The text is difficult, and may be corrupt. As Co. points out, the Hebrew for "that remaineth" is rather _a survivor_, one who has _escaped_. Moreover, he remarks that we have no reason from other sources to suppose that, as the _v_. implies, the Philistines were the chief allies of the Phoenicians ... [ Continue Reading ]
_Baldness_ in token of mourning. See on Jeremiah 16:6. _Gaza_ important from its situation at the junction of the roads for caravans from Egypt and Arabia. _Ashkelon_ mentioned again in Jeremiah 47:7. Co., however, proposes to substitute here Ashdod, while Rothstein thinks that the latter has fall... [ Continue Reading ]
These _vv_. have been suspected, but on insufficient (partly metrical) grounds. They contain (a) the cry of the Philistines for mercy, (_b_) the prophet's reply.... [ Continue Reading ]
_How canst thou_ rather, with LXX, Syr., Vulg. _How can it.…_So correct "thee" by mg. _it_, the sea shore, the Philistine and Phoenician coast.... [ Continue Reading ]