耶利米書 47:1-5 CUNPTS

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness is come upon Gaza - They have cut off their hair in token of deep sorrow and distress. Ashkelon is cut off - Or put to silence; another mark of the deepest sorrow. Ashkelon was one of the five seignories of the Philistines, Gaza was another. The remnant of their valley - Or plain; for the whole land of the Philistines was a vast plain, which extended along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea from Phoenicia to the frontiers of Egypt. The whole of this plain, the territory of... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 1 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 testify, by this prophecy, his love towards the Israelites, for he undertook their cause, and avenged the wrongs done to them. We hence perceive why God had predicted the ruin of the Philistines, even that the Israelites might know his paternal love towards them, as he set himself against their... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:2

Verse 2 The Prophet, no doubt, wished to remind the Jews that it would only be a prelude when Gaza was plundered, and that a far more grievous punishment was impending over that ungodly nation, which had done so many wrongs to God’s people. For if Gaza had suffered only that loss, the Jews might have complained of their lot, as those ungodly men who had acted so wickedly and in so many ways provoked God’s vengeance, had lightly suffered. They might then have objected and said, “What can this... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:3

Verse 3 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 do not divest themselves of their natural feelings. When a father has children, he would willingly undergo ten deaths, if necessary, in order to save their life; but when men forget that they are parents, it is a proof, as I have said, of the greatest grief, as though men, having changed... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:4

Verse 4 Jeremiah shews now more clearly, and without a figure, his meaning, even that destruction would come on the Philistines when their time was completed. And he mentions Tyre and Sidon, neighboring cities, and. formerly under their own jurisdiction. But Tyre in the time of Isaiah had its own king; yet afterwards in the time of Alexander the Great the city was free, as it is well known. These, however, were cities of Palestine, and the people called then Philistines were contiguous to these... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:5

Verse 5 The Prophet returns again to what is figurative, that he might more fully illustrate his prophecy, and more powerfully move the Jews. Now by baldness he points out a sign of mourning; for they were wont even to tear their faces with their nails, and to pluck off their hair. He then says that baldness, or the loss of hair, had come upon Gaza; because the inhabitants of the valley and of the whole land, according to what was usually done in despair, would pluck off their own hair. It is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1

Against the Philistines; rather, concerning (as usual in similar cases). Before that Pharaoh, etc. (see introduction to chapter). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

PROPHECY ON THE PHILISTINES . But which Pharaoh did this editor mean? and when did he lay siege to Gaza? The general view is that he means Pharaoh-necho, who, according to Herodotus (2:159), first defeated "the Syrians at Magdolus," and then "made himself master of Cadytis, a large city of Syria." It is assumed that Magdolus is a mistake for Megiddo, and that Cadytis means Gaza; and the former supposition is probable enough (a similar confusion has been made by certain... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

The judgment of the Philistines. I. A JUDGMENT ON THE ANCIENT ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD . They have long ceased to be a power; now they shall cease to have any national existence. They are but a remnant; even this is to be cut off. Gradually the spiritual foes of the Christian are reduced in power and number. Old sins and old temptations are slowly subdued. Some linger on till the end of life. But all shall be overthrown, even the last enemy, death. II. AN ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:2

Waters rise up. The prophets think in figures, and no figure is so familiar to them (alas for the unstable condition of those times!) as that of an overflowing torrent for an invading army (see on Jeremiah 46:8 , and add to the parallel passages Isaiah 28:18 ; Ezekiel 26:19 ; Daniel 11:10 ). Out of the north. To suppose that this refers to Pharaoh-necho returning from Carchemish seems forced and unnatural. If Necho conquered Gaza at the period supposed, it would be on his way to... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:5

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 47:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:2

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