Jeremiah 47:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. ”

Jeremiah 47:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

How can it be (h) quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. (h) Meaning, that it is not profitable that the wicked should...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Egyp...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

How... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
Jeremiah 47:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Some take it, ה, he, as meaning the land itself; but as it immediately follows, against Ashkelon and against the seashore, it is better to explain it as above. By the sea-sho...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1085 THE MEANS OF TERMINATING WAR Jeremiah 47:6-7 . O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still. How can it b...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. How can it be quiet - This is the answer of the Sword. I am the of...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sea-shore— Sea-coast. REFLECTIONS.— The Philistines had been the inveterate enemies of Israel: they had received many a severe check in the days of David; but seem to have become a very powerful...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. How can it be quiet? Jeremiah, from addressing the sword i...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Against Philistia The Chaldean armed men with horses and chariots shall carry terror and desolation into Philistia and its cities.
Jeremiah 47:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Against the sea shore. — In the “sea shore,” as in Ezekiel 25:16 , we have the term specially appropriate to the territory of the Philistines.
Jeremiah 47:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVIII THE PHILISTINES Jeremiah 47:1-7 "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...
Jeremiah 47:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 languag...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I be g the Reader to remark with me, the beauty, as well as the power of this scripture. Calling to the sword to be quiet, is a fine image, to express the feelings of the Prophet, in the view of slau...
Jeremiah 47:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How can it be quiet ,.... There is no reason to believe it will, nor can it be expected that it should; to stop it is impossible, and to request that it might be stopped is in vain: seeing the Lor...
Jeremiah 47:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. Ver. 7. How can it be quiet? ] Heb., How shalt thou be quiet?...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O thou sword of the Lord By the sword of the Lord , war is here intended, with which, as a great instrument of calamity and destruction, God punishes the crimes of his enemies, and pleads the caus...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of the Philistines. B. C. 588. 1 The word of the L ORD that came to Jeremi...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Some make the words of the 6th verse to be the words of the Philistines in their mourning and cutting themselves, crying to God to stop the sword drawn against them, and to return it again into its s...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

C). Prophecy Concerning Philistia And Its Great Cities Including Within It A Word Against Tyre and Sidon ( Jeremiah 47:1-7 ). To the west of Judah was Philistia, with its great semi-independent ci...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 r...
Jeremiah 47:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 47:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prophecy against the Philistines.
Jeremiah 47:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:3 ; Amos 3:6 ; Ezekiel 14:17 ; Ezekiel 25:16 ; Isaiah 10:6 ; Isaiah 13:3 ; Isaiah 37:26 ; Isaiah 45:1-3 ; Isaiah 46:10 ; Isaiah 46:11 ; Micah 6:9 ; Zephaniah 2:6 ; Zephaniah...
Jeremiah 47:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

How — God lets the prophet know that he had given this sword its commission, and therefore it could not stop 'till Ashkelon and the people on the sea — shore were destroyed by it.

Jeremiah 47:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 47:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 47:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 47:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 47:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 47:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 47:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 47:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 47:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 47:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 47:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 47:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 47:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 47:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes