Jeremiah 47:3

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 47:3

strong horses. Compare Jeremiah 8:16 . rushing = rattling. children = sons. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 47:3

Jeremiah 47:3. 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 think of those who are most nearly and tenderly related to him. Compare chap. Jeremiah 9:4.Micah 7:5-6; Micah 7:5-6. Matthew 10:35-36. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:3

3. (Compare :-). fathers . . . not look back to . . . children—Each shall think only of his own safety, not even the fathers regarding their own children. So desperate shall be the calamity that men shall divest themselves of the natural affections. for feebleness of hands—The hands, the principal instruments of action, shall have lost all power; their whole hope shall be in their feet. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 47:3

The invading horses and chariots would so terrorize the people that parents would not even think to protect their children. They would be too concerned with finding safety for themselves in the panic. 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 47:3

(3) 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 themselves, regardless of their children’s lives. 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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 47:3

47:3 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. read more

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