耶利米书 47:5 RCUVSS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 47:5

Jeremiah 47:5. Baldness is come upon Gaza; how long wilt thou cut thyself, &c. Under great calamities, and for the loss of any near kindred, it was usual for men to express their grief by shaving their heads, and cutting their flesh. Instead of Ashkelon is cut off, &c., Blaney reads, Ashkelon is put to silence, observing, that “silence likewise is expressive of great affliction. Thus Job’s friends are said to have sat with him seven days and seven nights upon the ground without... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

A message concerning Philistia (47:1-7)The prophet sees that Babylon will conquer Philistia also, overrunning the land as a river overflows its banks and floods the fields (47:1-2). When Babylon’s horses and chariots sweep down, the Philistines flee in panic, each selfishly concerned only with saving himself. No one cares about the plight of others. Any possible help from Tyre and Sidon is cut off, and the cities of Philistia mourn their destruction (3-5).Jeremiah imagines the Philistines... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness = the sign of mourning. Compare Jeremiah 16:6 . Ashkelon. Now 'Aakalan. their valley. Septuagint reads "Anakim" instead of 'imkam. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 47:5

Jeremiah 47:5. With the remnant of their valley— Gaza and Ashkelon were about twelve miles distant from each other, near the sea, in a valley, of whose beauty and fertility an accurate traveller has given the following description: "We passed this day through the most pregnant and pleasant valley that ever eye beheld. On the right hand a ridge of high mountains (whereon stands Hebron); on the left hand the Mediterranean sea, bordered with continued hills, beset with variety of fruits;—The... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:5

5. Baldness . . . cut thyself—Palestine is represented as a female who has torn off her hair and cut her flesh, the heathenish ( :-) token of mourning ( :-). their valley—the long strip of low plain occupied by the Philistines along the Mediterranean, west of the mountains of Judea. The Septuagint reads Anakim, the remains of whom were settled in those regions (Numbers 13:28). Joshua dislodged them so that none were left but in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod (Joshua 11:21; Joshua 11:22). But the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 47:5

Gaza and Ashkelon, in the southern part of Philistia, would suffer ruin, and the Philistines in that area would mourn and wail for a long time. Shaving the head and cutting oneself were signs of mourning (cf. Jeremiah 16:6; Jeremiah 41:5; Jeremiah 48:37). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:1-7

Against PhilistiaThe Chaldean armed men with horses and chariots shall carry terror and desolation into Philistia and its cities.1. 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 (608 b.c.); (b) that the reference is to the same king, as having taken Gaza on his way back from his defeat at Carchemish (605 b.c.); (c) that the ’Pharaoh’ is Hophra... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 47:5

(5) Baldness is come upon Gaza.—The baldness is the outward sign of extremest mourning (Jeremiah 48:37; Isaiah 15:2-3), perhaps, also, of extremest desolation (Isaiah 7:20).Ashkelon is cut off . . .—Better, perhaps, Ashkelon is speechless. The LXX. apparently followed a different text, and gives “the remnant of the Anakim” instead of “the remnant of their valley.” Hitzig adopts this rendering, and connects it with the known fact that a remnant of the old gigantic non-Semitic race had taken... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

CHAPTER XVIIITHE PHILISTINESJeremiah 47:1-7"O sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still."- Jeremiah 47:6ACCORDING to the title placed at the head of this prophecy, it was uttered "before Pharaoh smote Gaza." The Pharaoh is evidently Pharaoh Necho, and this capture of Gaza was one of the incidents of the campaign which opened with the victory at Megiddo and concluded so disastrously at Carchemish. Our first impulse is to look... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 47:1-7

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. read more