Jeremiah 47:2

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh conquered Gaza. ²This 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 wail³at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp. ⁴For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. 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? ⁶'Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!' ⁷How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland."

Bible Verse Review
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waters: Jeremiah 46:7, Jeremiah 46:8, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Isaiah 28:17, Isaiah 59:19, Daniel 11:22, Amos 9:5, Amos 9:6, Nahum 1:8, Revelation 12:15, Revelation 12:16, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:15

out of: Jeremiah 1:14, Jeremiah 46:6, Jeremiah 46:20

all that is therein: Heb. the fulness thereof, Jeremiah 8:16, *marg. Psalms 24:1, Psalms 50:12, Psalms 96:11, Psalms 98:7, 1 Corinthians 10:26, 1 Corinthians 10:28

then the: Jeremiah 46:13, Jeremiah 48:3-5, Jeremiah 48:39, Isaiah 15:2-5, Isaiah 15:8, Isaiah 22:1, Isaiah 22:4, Isaiah 22:5, Zephaniah 1:10, Zephaniah 1:11, James 5:1

Reciprocal: Isaiah 28:18 - when Jeremiah 18:22 - a cry Ezekiel 30:2 - Howl

Cross-References

Acts 7:13
On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

2 Corinthians 4:14
knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.

Colossians 1:28
We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

Jude 1:24
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy-

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord, behold, waters rise up out of the north,.... Meaning an army of men, which should come in great numbers, and with great force and rapidity, like an overflowing flood. So the Targum,

"behold, people shall come from the north;''

that is, from Chaldea, which lay north of Palestine:

and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; or, "the fulness of it" u; the land of the Philistines, and carry off the men and cattle, and all the riches thereof;

the city, and them that dwell therein; not any particular or single city, as Gaza; but the several cities of Palestine, and the inhabitants of them:

then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl; not being able to do anything else; not to defend themselves, their families, and property; and seeing nothing but ruin and destruction before their eyes.

u ומלואה "et plenitudinem ejus", Schmidt, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Waters rise up - A metaphor for the assembling of an army (compare the marginal references).

Out of the north - The Chaldaean army must cross the Euphrates at Carchemish.

An overflowing flood - Or, “torrent.” To understand the metaphors of the Bible we must keep the natural phenomena of the country in mind. In Palestine rivers are torrents, dashing furiously along in the rainy seasons, and dry, or nearly so, in the summer.

All that is therein - The marginal rendering contrasts the wealth of Egypt, which forms its fullness, and the inhabitants.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 47:2. 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.