Jeremiah 47:5,Jeremiah 47:7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

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. They were considerably humbled in David's time, but, it seems they had got head again and were a considerable people till Nebuchadnezzar cut them off with their neighbours, which is the event here foretold. The date of this prophecy is observable; it was before Pharaoh smote Gaza. When this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness is come upon Gaza ,.... The Targum is, "vengeance is come to the inhabitants of Gaza.' It is become like a man whose hair is fallen from his head, or is clean shaved off; its houses were demolished; its inhabitants slain, and their wealth plundered; a pillaged and depopulated place. Some understand this of shaving or tearing off the hair for grief, and mourning because of their calamities; which agrees with the latter clause of the verse: Ashkelon is cut off with the... read more

Adam Clarke

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 47:5

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 47:1-7

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 47:5

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 47:5

Baldness - Extreme mourning (see Jeremiah 16:6).Is cut off - Others render, is speechless through grief.With the remnant of their valley - Others, O remnant of their valley, how long wilt thou cut thyself? Their valley is that of Gaza and Ashkelon, the low-lying plain, usually called the Shefelah, which formed the territory of the Philistines. The reading of the Septuagint is remarkable: “the remnant of the Anakim,” which probably would mean Gath, the home of giants 1 Samuel 17:4.Jeremiah 47:6.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 47:5

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 47:1-7

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 47:5

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