Jeremiah 47:2

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
waters	מַ֜יִם Ma.yim	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural absolute
up	עֹלִ֤ים 'o.Lim	H5927	to ascend · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
north	מִצָּפוֹן֙ mi.tza.fOn	H6828	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
overflowing	שׁוֹטֵ֔ף sho.Tef	H7857	to gush · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
flood	לְנַ֣חַל le.Na.chal	H5158	a stream · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
overflow	וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙ ve.yish.te.Fu	H7857	to gush · conjunction + verb, qal, 3rd person masculine plural
land	אֶ֣רֶץ 'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute
therein	וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ u.me.lo.'Ah	H4393	fulness (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
city	עִ֖יר 'ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common feminine singular absolute
dwell	וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵי ve.Yo.she.vei	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
men	הָֽאָדָ֔ם ha.'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cry	וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙ ve.za.'a.Ku	H2199	to shriek (from anguish or danger) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
inhabitants	יוֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct
land	הָאָֽרֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
howl	וְהֵילִ֕ל ve.hei.Lil	H3213	to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterou… · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Isaiah 8:7-8 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory:…
Isaiah 15:2-5 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be bal…
Jeremiah 1:14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Jeremiah 8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, a…
Jeremiah 46:20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
Psalms 24:1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Psalms 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Psalms 96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 47:1–end

As the Egyptians had often proved false friends, so the Philistines had always been sworn enemies, to the Israel of God, and the more dangerous and vexatious for their being such near neighbours to them. They were considerably humbled in David's time, but, it seems they had got head again and were a considerable people till Nebuchadnezzar cut them off with their neighbours, which is the event here foretold. The date of this prophecy is observable; it was before Pharaoh smote Gaza. When this blow was given to Gaza by the king of Egypt is not certain, whether in his expedition against Carchemish or in his return thence, after he had slain Josiah, or when he afterwards came with design to relie…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 47:2

waters-- (Isa 8:7). The Chaldeans from the north are compared to the overwhelming waters of their own Euphrates. The smiting of Gaza was to be only the prelude of a greater disaster to the Philistines. Nebuzara-dan was left by Nebuchadnezzar, after he had taken Jerusalem, to subdue the rest of the adjoining cities and country.

John Gill on Jeremiah 47:2

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…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 47:2

Jeremiah 47:2 2. 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. Sic dicit Jehova, ecce aquae ascendunt ab aquilone, et erunt in torrentem exundantem, et exundabunt terram et plenitudinem ejus, urbem et habitatores ejus, et clamabunt homo (hoc est, singuli homines clamabunt,) et ululabit omnis incola terrae. The Prophet, no doubt, wished to remind the Jews that it would only be a prelude when Gaza was plundered, and that a far more grievous punishment was impending over that…

Dictionary and topics

Philistines · Prophecies respecting: Utter destruction by Pharaoh king of Egypt — Prophecies respecting: Utter destruction by Pharaoh king of Egypt
Rivers · Illustrative: (Overflowing of,) of God’s judgments — Illustrative: (Overflowing of,) of God’s judgments

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 47:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 47:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 47:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 47:2

John Calvin on Jeremiah 47:2

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 47:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 47:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 47:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 47:2

John Calvin on Jeremiah 47:2

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 47:2-4

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 47:2

Rashi on Jeremiah 47:1