Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Jeremiah, from addressing the sword in the second person, turns to his hearers and speaks of it in the third person.
Lord . . . given it a charge— (Ezekiel 14:17).
the sea-shore—the strip of land between the mountains and Mediterranean, held by the Philistines: "their valley" (see on Jeremiah 47:5).
there hath he appointed it— (Micah 6:9). There hath He ordered it to rage.
It had taken part with the Chaldeans against Judea (II Kings 24:2). Fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, when also he attacked Egypt (Jeremiah 43:8-13) and Ammon (Jeremiah 49:1-6). [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 10:9,7]. Jeremiah in this prophecy uses that of Isa. 15:1-16:14, amplifying and adapting it to his purpose under inspiration, at the same time confirming its divine authority. Isaiah, however, in his prophecy refers to the devastation of Moab by the Assyrian king, Shalmaneser; Jeremiah refers to that by Nebuchadnezzar.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 47:7:
Jeremiah 47:1
Jeremiah 47:5
Ezekiel 21:30
Ezekiel 25:15
Micah 6:9
Zephaniah 2:5
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