耶利米書 47:1-5 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:2-4

Hostile bands advance from the north; horror seizes the Philistines. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:3

A fine specimen of Hebrew word painting. The rushing of his chariots. "Rushing" has the sense of the German rauschen, to make a rustling, murmuring sound. It is used (but as the equivalent of a different Hebrew word) in the Authorized Version of Isaiah 18:1-7 :12, 13 of the confused sound made by an army in motion. In the present passage, the Hebrew word means something more definite than that in Isaiah, l.c. ; it is the "crashing" of an earthquake, or (as here) the "rattling" of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:4

The day that cometh; rather, the day that hath come ( i.e. shall have come). It is "the day of the Lord" that is meant, that revolutionary "shaking of all things" (to use Haggai's expression, Haggai 2:21 ), as to which see further in note on Jeremiah 46:10 . To cut off … every helper that remaineth; i.e. every ally on whom they could still reckon. This passage favours the view that the judgment upon the Philistines took place at the same time as that upon Tyre. Nebuchadnezzar's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness . A sign of the deepest sorrow (comp. on Jeremiah 16:6 ). Ashkelon is cut off. Ruins of Ashkelon are still visible. "It is evident that the walls of the old city were built on a semicircular range of rocky hills, which ended in perpendicular cliffs of various heights on the seashore. Wherever nature failed, the weak places were strengthened by the help of earthworks or masonry. On the southern and southeastern sides, the sand has penetrated the city by means of breaches in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:5

The sorrow of the ungodly. The allusion is to a fashion common to the Philistines and other idolatrous nations in appealing to their gods. We perceive a similar tendency in the natural mind in its first moral concerns and spiritual troubles. It is the sorrow of the world to which, as to the Philippian jailor, the injunction has to be addressed, "Do thyself no harm." Notice— I. THE PRINCIPLE IN HUMAN NATURE . It is that self-inflicted suffering or deprivation will be of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:5-7

The prophet changes his style. In ecstasy or imagination, he sees the calamity which he has foretold already come to pass. Philistia is not, indeed, altogether annihilated; it was not the will of God to make a full end as yet with any of the nations round about. But it is reduced to extremities, and fears the worst. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:1

that Pharaoh - Pharaoh-Necho though defeated at Carchemish, was probably able to seize Gaza upon his retreat, when obviously the possession of so strong a fortress would be most useful to him to prevent the entrance of the victorious Chaldaeans into Egypt. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:2

Waters rise up - A metaphor for the assembling of an army (compare the marginal references).Out of the north - The Chaldaean army must cross the Euphrates at Carchemish.An overflowing flood - Or, “torrent.” To understand the metaphors of the Bible we must keep the natural phenomena of the country in mind. In Palestine rivers are torrents, dashing furiously along in the rainy seasons, and dry, or nearly so, in the summer.All that is therein - The marginal rendering contrasts the wealth of Egypt,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:3

His strong horses - War-horses, chargers.The rushing of his chariots - Rather, the rattling, the crashing noise which they make as they advance.For feebleness of hands - The Philistines flee in such panic that a father would not even turn round to see whether his sons were effecting their escape or not. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:4

Because of the day that cometh to spoil - “Because” the day has come “to devastate.”The Philistines are called Tyre’s remaining (i. e., last) helper, because all besides who could have assisted her have already succumbed to the Chaldaean power. The judgment upon Philistia was in connection with that upon Tyre, and it was fulfilled by expeditions sent out by Nebuchadnezzar under him lieutenants to ravage the country and supply his main army with provisions.The country of Caphtor - The coastland... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:2-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:5-7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 47:4

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