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Verse Jeremiah 47:3. _THE STAMPING OF THE HOOFS_] At the _galloping
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Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum,
is a line of _Virgil_, (AEn. viii. 596,) much celebrated; and quoted...
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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 su...
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CHAPTER 47
Concerning the Philistines
This brief chapter is concerning the inhabitants of the borderland of
Canaan, called Philistia. This announced judgment was fulfilled a
short time after it was...
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JEREMIAH 47. PHILISTIA. Instead of Jeremiah 47:1, LXX has simply On
the Philistines, which is probably original. The waters rising from
the north (Jeremiah 47:2) would suggest Babylon, not Egypt, as t...
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STRONG HORSES. Compare Jeremiah 8:16.
RUSHING. rattling.
CHILDREN. sons....
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The Prophecy regarding Philistia
2. _waters rise up_ In Jeremiah 46:8 the same figure was used for an
army. Cp. Isaiah 8:7 (on which Co. thinks this _v_. to be based),
where the Assyrian army is like...
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_At the noise … wheels_ Gi. omits all three clauses, Co. the middle
one; both objecting on metrical grounds.
_strong ones_ See on Jeremiah 8:16....
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AT THE NOISE, &C.— _At the clapping,_ or _clattering sound of the
hoofs of his horses,_ &c. _The fathers look not back,_ &c. Every one
is so possessed with a sense of his own danger, that he does not...
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A. The Overflowing Stream Jeremiah 47:2-4
Borrowing a figure used earlier by Isaiah (Isaiah 8:7) Jeremiah
describes the conqueror of the Philistine as an overflowing flood. The
prophet sees the waters...
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III. AN ORACLE AGAINST THE PHILISTINE Jeremiah 47:1-7
TRANSLATION
(1) The word of the LORD which came unto Jeremiah concerning the
Philistine before Pharaoh smote Gaza. (2) Thus says the LORD: Behold...
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At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs 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...
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47:3 steeds, (c-12) Lit. 'strong ones.' see ch. 8.16....
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AGAINST PHILISTIA
The Chaldean armed men with horses and chariots shall carry terror and
desolation into Philistia and its cities....
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THE FATHERS SHALL NOT LOOK BACK TO THEIR CHILDREN. — The selfishness
of panic was to reach its highest point, and to crush out the
instincts of natural affection. Even fathers would be content to save...
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CHAPTER XVIII
THE PHILISTINES
Jeremiah 47:1
"O sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up
thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still."- Jeremiah 47:6
ACCORDING to the title...
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In this brief chapter we find the word concerning the Philistines. It
consists of foretelling a scourge coming against them from the north
which would utterly break their power. In figurative language...
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At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong [horses], at
the rushing of his chariots, [and at] the rumbling of his wheels, (c)
the fathers shall not look back to [their] children for feebl...
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_Marching. Literally, "pomp," (Haydock) or warlike apparatus.
(Haydock) --- Protestants, "stamping of the hoofs of his strong
horses, at," &c. (Haydock) --- Children. Fear makes one forget the
nearest...
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We shall find this Chapter, as well as the several around it, truly
profitable, if we spiritualize it. The Egyptians and Philistines, Moab
and Ammon, were all sworn foes to the people of God from the...
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He continues the same subject; for he says, that so grievous would be
the calamity, that fathers would not have a care for their children,
which is a proof of extreme sorrow; for men even in adversity...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51.
Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already
mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies
against t...
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AT THE NOISE OF THE STAMPING OF THE HOOFS OF HIS STRONG [HORSES],....
The noise of the cavalry of Nebuchadnezzar's army, as they came
marching on towards the country of the Philistines; who, being mou...
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At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs 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 feeblenes...
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_Behold, waters rise out of the north_ Waters sometimes signify
multitudes of people and nations, Revelation 17:15; sometimes great
and threatening calamities, Psalms 69:1, these waters mean both. By...
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At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the
rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, all
expressive of the Chaldean power, THE FATHERS SHALL NOT LOOK BACK...
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PROPHECY AGAINST THE PHILISTINES....
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This is all but a description of the march of an army, so terrible as
should make parents forget their natural affection, and flee away to
save themselves, looking upon themselves as lost, and unable...
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Jeremiah 47:3 noise H6963 stamping H8161 hooves H6541 strong H47
rushing H7494 chariots H7393 rumbling H1995 wheels H153
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C). PROPHECY CONCERNING PHILISTIA AND ITS GREAT CITIES INCLUDING
WITHIN IT A WORD AGAINST TYRE AND SIDON (JEREMIAH 47:1).
To the west of Judah was Philistia, with its great semi-independent
cities suc...
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CONTENTS: Prophecies against Philistia and Tyre and Sidon.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: The sword of the Word, as it is charged from the Lord of
Hosts to punish the crimes of nations, cann...
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Jeremiah 47:1. _Before that Pharaoh smote Gaza._ This is thought to be
Pharaoh- necho; but critics are not agreed as to the time of the war,
whether it was after the defeat of Josiah, when he was retu...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE
CHAPTER.—“Before that Pharaoh smote Gaza” (Jeremiah 47:1); but
_which_ Pharaoh? Pharaoh-_Necho_, on his return from defeating Josiah
at Megiddo (2 C...
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PROPHECY ON THE PHILISTINES.
EXPOSITION
It is clear from the contents of the prophecy (and the inference is
thoroughly confirmed by its position) that it was written after the
battle of Carchemish, w...
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In chapter 47 he takes now his prophecies against the Philistines. And
the city of Gaza was already taken by the Pharaoh.
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the
Philistine...
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Deuteronomy 28:54; Deuteronomy 28:55; Ezekiel 26:10; Ezekiel 26:11;...