Jeremiah 47:5

1 Kings 18:28; Amos 1:6-8; Deuteronomy 14:1; Ezekiel 25:16; Ezekiel 7:18; Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 16:1; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 41:5; Jeremiah 47:1; Jeremiah 47:4; Jeremiah 48:37; Leviticus 19:28; Leviticus 21:5; Micah 1:16; Mark 5:5; Zechariah 9:5-7; Zephaniah 2:4-7

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 47:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Baldness - Extreme mourning (see Jeremiah 16:6 ). Is cut off - Others render, is speechless through grief. With the remnant of their vall...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(f) Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off [with] the remnant of their valley: how long wilt (g) thou cut thyself? (f) They who shaved thei...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Baldness . the sign of mourning. Compare Jeremiah 16:6 . Ashkelon. Now 'Aakalan. their valley. Septuagint reads "Anakim" instead of 'imkam...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet returns again to what is figurative, that he might more fully illustrate his prophecy, and more powerfully move the Jews. Now by...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? Baldness is come upon Gaza - They...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

With the remnant of their valley— Gaza and Ashkelon were about twelve miles distant from each other, near the sea, in a valley, of whose beauty and...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? Baldness is come upon Gaza...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Baldness ] in token of mourning: cp. Jeremiah 48:37 . Cut thyself ] see on Jeremiah 16:6 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Baldness is come upon Gaza. — The baldness is the outward sign of extremest mourning ( Jeremiah 48:37 ; Isaiah 15:2-3 ), perhaps, also, of extreme...
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; re...
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 woul...
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 expres...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Baldness is come upon Gaza ,.... The Targum is, "vengeance is come to the inhabitants of Gaza.'' It is become like a man whose hair is fallen from...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off [with] the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? Ver. 5. Baldness is come upon...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Baldness is come upon Gaza; how long wilt thou cut thyself , &c. Under great calamities, and for the loss of any near kindred, it was usual for...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of the Philistines. B. C. 588....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Both Gaza and Ashkelon were two principal cities belonging to the Philistines taken by Judah, Judges 1:18 ; we read of them 1 Samuel 6:17 ;...
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...
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- Nech...
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, whethe...
The Biblical Illustrator

How long wilt thou cut thyself? The tender inquiry of a friend Travellers in the East tell us that among the most melancholy scenes they witnes...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prophecy against the Philistines.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Baldness is come upon Gaza, one of the city-states of Philistia, due to tearing out the hair because of great grief; Ashkelon, another of the Phili...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The remnant — Those who lived in the valleys near Ashkelon. But thyself — Why will you afflict yourselves, when all your mourning will do you no go...

⁵ Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 47:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 47:5