Bible Commentary

Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, [and] to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. 4. The text is difficult, and may be corrupt. As Co. points out, the Hebrew for “that remaineth” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 47:4”

At the noise of the stamping of the hooves of his strong [horses], at the rushing of his chariots, [and at] the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to [their] children for feebleness of hands; 3. At the noise wheels ] Gi. omits all three clauses, Co. the middle one; both … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 47:3”

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. 2 7. The Prophecy regarding Philistia … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 47:2”

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. 1. This v. in LXX consists simply of the words “Concerning the Philistines.” At any rate we shall probably be right in considering “before that Gaza” as a gloss added by a scribe who had regard … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 47:1”

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I [am] with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. Jer … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 46:28”

But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make [him] afraid. 27, 28. See introd. summary to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 46:27”

And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. 26. The v. may be well suspected as a gloss … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 46:26”

The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and [all] them that trust in him: 25. Amon of No ] i.e. the chief god worshipped in No (cp. No-Amon, Nah 3:8). Thebes, the capital … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 46:25”

The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. The daughter … – i. e., the inhabitants of Egypt shall be disgraced. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Verse 24. The hand or the people of the north] The Chaldeans. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 46:24”

They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and [are] innumerable. 23. though ] better, as mg. for. they are more ] i.e. the enemy. the locusts ] See on Joe 1:4, C.B. (Driver). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 46:23”