CHAPTER 47
Concerning the Philistines
This brief chapter is concerning the inhabitants of the borderland of Canaan, called Philistia. This announced judgment was fulfilled a short time after it was spoken by the prophet.
CHAPTER XLVII _Among the nations doomed to suffer from the hostilities of_ _Nebuchadnezzar are the Philistines_, (see Jeremiah 25:20.) _And the calamities predicted in this chapter befell them_ pr...
THAT PHARAOH - Pharaoh-Necho though defeated at Carchemish, was probably able to seize Gaza upon his retreat, when obviously the possession of so strong a fortress would be most useful to him to preve...
JEREMIAH 47. PHILISTIA. Instead of Jeremiah 47:1, LXX has simply On the Philistines, which is probably original. The waters rising from the north (Jeremiah 47:2) would suggest Babylon, not Egypt, as t...
THE FORTY-THIRD PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). the LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. AGAINST. concerning. Compare Jeremiah 48:1; Jeremiah 49:1; Jeremiah 49:7;...
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 Je...
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 tributar...
III. AN ORACLE AGAINST THE PHILISTINE Jeremiah 47:1-7 TRANSLATION (1) The word of the LORD which came unto Jeremiah concerning the Philistine before Pharaoh smote Gaza. (2) Thus says the LORD: Behold...
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. Pharaoh-necho probably smote Gaza on his return after defeating Josiah at Megiddo ()....
BEFORE THAT PHARAOH SMOTE GAZA] The main views as to the date of this prophecy are (a) that the 'Pharaoh 'is Necho, and that he captured Gaza about the time of his defeat of Josiah's army at Megiddo ...
AGAINST PHILISTIA The Chaldean armed men with horses and chariots shall carry terror and desolation into Philistia and its cities....
XLVII. (1) AGAINST THE PHILISTINES. — Here also we have, as in the preceding chapter, a message connected with Jeremiah 25:20. The Gaza of this verse is the Azzah of that, and the date is fixed at a t...
אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֧ה דְבַר ־יְהוָ֛ה אֶל ־יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ...
CHAPTER XVIII THE PHILISTINES Jeremiah 47:1 "O sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still."- Jeremiah 47:6 ACCORDING to the title...
In this brief chapter we find the word concerning the Philistines. It consists of foretelling a scourge coming against them from the north which would utterly break their power. In figurative language...
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote (a) Gaza. (a) Or Azzah, a city of the Philistines....
_Gaza, going or returning from Charcamis. Apries also attacked Tyre, and would of course invade the Philistines. They had assisted the Tyrians against Nabuchodonosor, who therefore made incursions int...
CONTENTS We have the same subject prosecuted through this chapter as in the former. The Lord is about to punish Israel's enemies, and having begun with the Egyptians, he here declares the destruction...
We shall find this Chapter, as well as the several around it, truly profitable, if we spiritualize it. The Egyptians and Philistines, Moab and Ammon, were all sworn foes to the people of God from the...
Jeremiah prophesies here against the Philistines, who were enemies to the Israelites, and had contrived against them many cruel and unjust things. There is then no doubt, but that God intended to test...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...
THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAH THE PROPHET AGAINST THE PHILISTINES,.... As the former prophecies were against the Egyptians, the friends and allies of the Jews, in whom they trusted; this...
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. Ver. 1. _Before that Pharaoh smote Gaza._] Called also Gazer and Gazera, having its nam...
_The word of the Lord against the Philistines_ “Among the other nations, who were doomed to suffer by the hostilities of Nebuchadnezzar, the Philistines are enumerated, Jeremiah 25:20; and the calamit...
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah, the prophet, against the Philistines, the ancient enemies of the people of Israel on the west, along the shores of the Mediterranean, BEFORE THAT PHARAOH SM...
PROPHECY AGAINST THE PHILISTINES....
GAZA: _ Heb._ Azzah...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 47 The destruction of the Philistines, Tyrians, Zidonians, and others by the sea-side. In the former chapter the prophet foretold the judgments of God upon the Egyptians, who were the...
Jeremiah 47:1 word H1697 LORD H3068 Jeremiah H3414 prophet H5030 Philistines H6430 Pharaoh H6547 attacked H5221 (H8686
C). PROPHECY CONCERNING PHILISTIA AND ITS GREAT CITIES INCLUDING WITHIN IT A WORD AGAINST TYRE AND SIDON (JEREMIAH 47:1). To the west of Judah was Philistia, with its great semi-independent cities suc...
CONTENTS: Prophecies against Philistia and Tyre and Sidon. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The sword of the Word, as it is charged from the Lord of Hosts to punish the crimes of nations, cann...
Jeremiah 47:1. _Before that Pharaoh smote Gaza._ This is thought to be Pharaoh- necho; but critics are not agreed as to the time of the war, whether it was after the defeat of Josiah, when he was retu...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—“Before that Pharaoh smote Gaza” (Jeremiah 47:1); but _which_ Pharaoh? Pharaoh-_Necho_, on his return from defeating Josiah at Megiddo (2 C...
PROPHECY ON THE PHILISTINES. EXPOSITION It is clear from the contents of the prophecy (and the inference is thoroughly confirmed by its position) that it was written after the battle of Carchemish, w...
In chapter 47 he takes now his prophecies against the Philistines. And the city of Gaza was already taken by the Pharaoh. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistine...
1 Kings 4:24; Amos 1:6; Exodus 25:15; Genesis 10:19; Jeremiah 25:20;
Before — In the time of the Philistines prosperity....