Jeremiah 47:1

Before that Pharaoh smote Gaza— When the country was in seeming quiet and security. The destruction of Gaza probably followed Pharaoh's victories at Megiddo and Carchemish, when Judaea became tributary to him. See 2 Chronicles 35:20; 2 Chronicles 36:3. This prophesy was the more remarkable, as at the time of its delivery there was a common hatred to the Jews between the Chaldeans and the Philistines. See Grotius.