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Jeremiah 47:1

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This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

KJV

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

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This verse in Jeremiah 47

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Theodoret of Cyrus

ON JEREMIAH 9:47 · Written before 458.

on Jeremiah 47:1-3

Now he directs his prophecy against foreigners. He calls the inhabitants of Ashkelon, Gaza, Azotus, Gath and Ekron "foreigners." He says that the prediction took place before Pharaoh struck Gaza, and he likens the army of the Babylonians to a flooding river swollen by rain …

This site's exposition

against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza

on Jeremiah 47:1-2

The heading dates the oracle to a Pharaoh's strike against Gaza, an event distinct from Nebuchadnezzar's later campaign against the Philistine coast and one the commentators associate variously with Necho or Hophra, named honestly as uncertain. Verse 2 pictures the invader as waters rising out of the north into an overflowing flood, the same flood image Egypt used of herself in 46:7-8 now turned into a literal army sweeping over the land and everyone in it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,.... As the former prophecies were against the Egyptians, the friends and allies of the Jews, in whom they trusted; this is against the Philistines, the near neighbours of the Jews, and their implacable enemies: the time of this prophecy was, before Pharaoh smote Gaza; one of the five cities of the Philistines, a very strong and fortified place, as its name signifies; See Gill on Act 8:
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Pharaoh-necho probably smote Gaza on his return after defeating Josiah at Megiddo (2Ch 35:20) [GROTIUS]. Or, Pharaoh-hophra (Jer 37:5, 7) is intended: probably on his return from his fruitless attempt to save Jerusalem from the Chaldeans, he smote Gaza in order that his expedition might not be thought altogether in vain [CALVIN] (Am 1:6, 7).

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הָיָ֧הit came

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • דְבַר־[the] word of

    devar-H1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוָ֛הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֥הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • הַנָּבִ֖יאthe prophet

    hanavi'H5030 →314 times

  • אֶל־concerning

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים[the] Philistines

    pelishtimH6430 →287 times

  • בְּטֶ֛רֶם<in> before

    beteremH2962 →56 times

  • יַכֶּ֥הhe struck

    yakehH5221 →499 times

  • פַרְעֹ֖הPharaoh

    farohH6547 →274 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַזָּֽה׃ סGaza

    ʾazahH5804 →21 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 25:20all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;5 worksGenesis 10:19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.4 worksAmos 1:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.4 worksAmos 1:7So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.4 worksZechariah 9:5–7Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.3 worksExodus 25:15–17The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.3 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Kings 4:24For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.3 worksZephaniah 2:4–7For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.2 worksJeremiah 47:5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?2 worksJoshua 15:47Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 4:24

    For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 22:9

      But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and…

    • Psalms 72:11

      May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

    • Genesis 10:19

      and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 25:20

    all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

    it leads to

    • Job 1:1

      There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

    • Jeremiah 50:37

      A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.

    • Ezekiel 30:5

      Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.

    • Lamentations 4:21

      So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

    • Isaiah 20:1

      Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 47 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 9:47.

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