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Jeremiah 47:1 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 47 · verse 1
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.Jeremiah 47:1 · King James Version
Jeremiah 47:1 in context
1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3At 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 hands;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PhilistinesPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethH6430 →
- JeremiahYirmᵉyâhJirmejah, the name of eight or nine IsraelitesH3414 →
- prophetnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- smotenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
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As the Egyptians had often proved false friends, so the Philistines had always been sworn enemies, to the Israel of God, and the more dangerous and vexatious for their being such near neighbours to them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7