Jeremiah 47:3

Judgment on Philistia

1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^aagainst the Philistines, ^bbefore Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

2 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ^awaters rise ^bout of the north,
And shall be an overflowing flood;
They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell within;
Then the men shall cry,
And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

3 At the ^anoise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,
At the rushing of his chariots,
At the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers will not look back for their children,
¹Lacking courage,

4 Because of the day that comes to plunder all the ^aPhilistines,
To cut off from ^bTyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
For the Lord shall plunder the Philistines,
^cThe remnant of the country of ^dCaphtor.

5 ^aBaldness has come upon Gaza,
^bAshkelon is cut off
With the remnant of their valley.
How long will you cut yourself?

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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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.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 47:3:**

Judges 5:22
Ezekiel 25:15-17

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