Jeremiah 47:2 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 47:2

This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail

BSB

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

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Commentary

4 voices

Theodoret of Cyrus

ON JEREMIAH 9:47 (458)

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 …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Chaldean army shall overflow the land like a deluge. Probably this happened before the destruction of Jerusalem, for it should seem that in Gedaliah's time, which was just after, the army of the Chaldeans was quite withdrawn out of those parts. The country of the Philistines was but of small extent, so that it would soon be overwhelmed by so vast an army.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Waters rise up out of the north - Waters is a common prophetic image for a multitude of people. The north here, as in other places of this prophecy, means Chaldea.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Chaldeans from the north are compared to the overwhelming waters of their own Euphrates. The smiting of Gaza was to be only the prelude of a greater disaster to the Philistines. Nebuzara-dan was left by Nebuchadnezzar, after he had taken Jerusalem, to subdue the rest of the adjoining cities and country.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֹּ֣ה׀	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הִנֵּה־	hi.neh-	here!	H2009 →
מַ֜יִם	Ma.yim	waters	H4325 →
עֹלִ֤ים	'o.Lim	[are] rising	H5927 →
מִצָּפוֹן֙	mi.tza.fOn	from [the] north	H6828 →
וְהָיוּ֙	ve.ha.Yu	and they will become	H1961 →
לְנַ֣חַל	le.Na.chal	<into> a torrent	H5158 →
שׁוֹטֵ֔ף	sho.Tef	overflowing	H7857 →
וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙	ve.yish.te.Fu	and they may overflow	H7857 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	a land	H776 →
וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ	u.me.lo.'Ah	and what fills it	H4393 →
עִ֖יר	'ir	a city	H5892 →
וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵי	ve.Yo.she.vei	and [those who] dwell	H3427 →
בָ֑הּ	Vah	in <the> it
וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙	ve.za.'a.Ku	and they will cry out	H2199 →
הָֽאָדָ֔ם	ha.'a.Dam	<the> everyone	H120 →
וְהֵילִ֕ל	ve.hei.Lil	and he will wail	H3213 →
כֹּ֖ל	kol	every	H3605 →
יוֹשֵׁ֥ב	yo.Shev	<the> inhabitant of	H3427 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 46:20
Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.
leads to
- Hosea 10:11
  Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
Through
Jeremiah 8:16
The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city…
leads to
- Judges 5:22
  Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
- Judges 18:29
  They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
- 1 Corinthians 10:28
  But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—
- Jeremiah 4:15–16
  For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
Through
Jeremiah 1:14
Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:6
  Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
- Jeremiah 10:22
  Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
- Jeremiah 6:1
  “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah