Jeremiah 47:7

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 2:7

Related Commentaries of 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...
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

How... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
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 bett...
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 i...
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 qu...
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...
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...
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

Jere- miah's reply.
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.
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS METHINKS the Lord, the Holy Ghost, hath opened to the believer's view sweet instructions in this Chapter. Here we learn, that however lo...
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 tha...
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...
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 punis...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of the Philistines. B. C. 588....
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 dra...
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 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

How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon and against the seashore? Not only Philistia, but also Phenecia was incl...
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 s...

⁷ 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.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 47:7

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 47:7