At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong [horses], at the rushing of his chariots, [and at] the rumbling of his wheels, (c) the fathers shall not look back to [their] children for feebleness of (d) hands;
(c) The great fear will take away their natural affection.
(d) Their heart will so fail them.
Verse Jeremiah 47:3. _THE STAMPING OF THE HOOFS_] At the _galloping sound_, - Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum, is a line of _Virgil_, (AEn. viii. 596,) much celebrated; and quoted...
HIS STRONG HORSES - War-horses, chargers. THE RUSHING OF HIS CHARIOTS - Rather, the rattling, the crashing noise which they make as they advance. FOR FEEBLENESS OF HANDS - The Philistines flee in su...
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...
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...
STRONG HORSES. Compare Jeremiah 8:16. RUSHING. rattling. CHILDREN. sons....
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 like...
_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....
AT THE NOISE, &C.— _At the clapping,_ or _clattering sound of the hoofs of his horses,_ &c. _The fathers look not back,_ &c. Every one is so possessed with a sense of his own danger, that he does not...
A. The Overflowing Stream Jeremiah 47:2-4 Borrowing a figure used earlier by Isaiah (Isaiah 8:7) Jeremiah describes the conqueror of the Philistine as an overflowing flood. The prophet sees the waters...
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...
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of...
47:3 steeds, (c-12) Lit. 'strong ones.' see ch. 8.16....
AGAINST PHILISTIA The Chaldean armed men with horses and chariots shall carry terror and desolation into Philistia and its cities....
THE FATHERS SHALL NOT LOOK BACK TO THEIR CHILDREN. — The selfishness of panic was to reach its highest point, and to crush out the instincts of natural affection. Even fathers would be content to save...
מִ קֹּ֗ול שַֽׁעֲטַת֙ פַּרְסֹ֣ות אַבִּירָ֔יו מֵ...
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...
_Marching. Literally, "pomp," (Haydock) or warlike apparatus. (Haydock) --- Protestants, "stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at," &c. (Haydock) --- Children. Fear makes one forget the nearest...
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...
He continues the same subject; for he says, that so grievous would be the calamity, that fathers would not have a care for their children, which is a proof of extreme sorrow; for men even in adversity...
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...
AT THE NOISE OF THE STAMPING OF THE HOOFS OF HIS STRONG [HORSES],.... The noise of the cavalry of Nebuchadnezzar's army, as they came marching on towards the country of the Philistines; who, being mou...
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong [horses], at the rushing of his chariots, [and at] the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to [their] children for feeblenes...
_Behold, waters rise out of the north_ Waters sometimes signify multitudes of people and nations, Revelation 17:15; sometimes great and threatening calamities, Psalms 69:1, these waters mean both. By...
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, all expressive of the Chaldean power, THE FATHERS SHALL NOT LOOK BACK...
PROPHECY AGAINST THE PHILISTINES....
This is all but a description of the march of an army, so terrible as should make parents forget their natural affection, and flee away to save themselves, looking upon themselves as lost, and unable...
Jeremiah 47:3 noise H6963 stamping H8161 hooves H6541 strong H47 rushing H7494 chariots H7393 rumbling H1995 wheels H153
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...
Deuteronomy 28:54; Deuteronomy 28:55; Ezekiel 26:10; Ezekiel 26:11;...