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Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 47:5

47:5 {f} Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off [with] the remnant of their valley: how long wilt {g} thou cut thyself?(f) They who shaved their heads for sorrow and heaviness.(g) As the heathen used in their mourning, which the Lord forbade his people to do, De 14:1 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 47:5-7

I be g the Reader to remark with me, the beauty, as well as the power of this scripture. Calling to the sword to be quiet, is a fine image, to express the feelings of the Prophet, in the view of slaughter, even though of our enemies. Gracious feelings do not destroy natural ones, though they refine them. As men in one common nature, we tremble at the destruction of men; but as the followers of the Lord, Christ's enemies are our enemies, and there can be nothing neutral in this war. He that is... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness, the sign of mourning, (Calmet) or captivity. (Haydock) --- Peace. Hebrew, "shall be destroyed." Septuagint, "cast away." She has afforded no assistance to Gaza. (Haydock) --- Valley, along the Mediterranean. (Calmet) --- Literally, "And ye remnants of their valley, how?" &c. --- Cut, in despair or grief, chap. xli. 5. Septuagint, "Remnants of the Enakeim, (giants) how long wilt thou make incisions?" (Haydock) --- The race of Enack dwelt in those parts; though ankim seems to... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 47:1-7

Prophecy against the Philistines. v. 1. 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 smote Gaza. The exact occasion of this conquest is a matter of conjecture. It may be that Pharaoh-necho took the city after the battle of Megiddo, or that Pharaoh-hophra smote the city after his vain attempt to drive the Chaldeans out of the country. At any... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 47:1-7

4. Prophecy Against The PhilistinesChap. 471 The word of Jehovah, which came to Jeremiah, the prophet, against the Philistines, before Pharaoh had smitten Gaza.2 Thus saith Jehovah:Behold, waters rise out of the North,And become an overflowing torrent,And overflow the land and whatever is therein,The city and those that dwell therein;And the men shall cry aloud,1And all the inhabitants of the country shall howl,3 Before the thundering hoof-beat2 of his horses,3Before the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:1-7

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 prophet described the sorrow which would overtake the proud yet broken people. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:1-7

C). Prophecy Concerning Philistia And Its Great Cities Including Within It A Word Against Tyre and Sidon (Jeremiah 47:1-7 ). To the west of Judah was Philistia, with its great semi-independent cities such as Gaza (the Azzah of Jeremiah 25:20) and Ashkelon (along with Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod - Jeremiah 25:20, and earlier, Gath), and to the north-west the Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon. The Philistines had been a constant thorn in the side of Israel ever since they had arrived from... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:1-7

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 the foe; the editorial reference to Egypt in 1 might be suggested (wrongly) by Jeremiah 47:5. Pharaoh is supposed to have smitten Gaza (Cadytis, Herod. ii. 159) in 608. The devastating waters ( Isaiah 8:7 f.) of an overflowing wady flood the land ( Jeremiah 47:2); the terror of the enemy’... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 47:5

Both Gaza and Ashkelon were two principal cities belonging to the Philistines taken by Judah, Judges 1:18; we read of them 1 Samuel 6:17; both Amos, Zephaniah, and Zechariah prophesied their ruin, Amos 1:8; Zephaniah 2:4,Zephaniah 2:7; Zechariah 9:5, as well as this prophet. By the remnant of their valley, most understand those who lived in the valleys near about Ashkelon. Concerning the last clause in this verse there is some difference, whether the words should be joined with the next verse,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

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 Chronicles 35:20), or Pharaoh-Hophra, on his return from the fruitless effort to save Jerusalem from the Chaldeans (chap. Jeremiah 37:5; Jeremiah 37:7); or this same Pharaoh-Hophra after his defeat at Carchemish (vide previous chapter, notes)? The probabilities favour Pharaoh-Necho, and date the... read more