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Jeremiah 47:1 open_in_new
Before that Pharaoh smote Gaza] The main views as to the date of this prophecy are (a) that the 'Pharaoh 'is Necho, and that he captured Gaza about the time of his defeat of Josiah's army at Megiddo (608 b.c.); (b) that the reference is to the same king, as having taken Gaza on his way back from his defeat at Carchemish (605 b.c.); (c) that the 'Pharaoh' is Hophra (588-570 b.c.), and that he captured Gaza in the course of an expedition against Tyre and Sidon.
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Jeremiah 47:1-7 open_in_new
Against Philistia
The Chaldean armed men with horses and chariots shall carry terror and desolation into Philistia and its cities.
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Jeremiah 47:2 open_in_new
Waters.. out of the north] i.e. the Chaldean army.
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Jeremiah 47:4 open_in_new
Caphtor] the place of origin of the Philistines (see Deuteronomy 2:28; Amos 9:7), probably to be identified with Crete.
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Jeremiah 47:5 open_in_new
Baldness] in token of mourning: cp. Jeremiah 48:37. Cut thyself] see on Jeremiah 16:6.
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Jeremiah 47:6 open_in_new
The prayer of the Philistines.
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Jeremiah 47:7 open_in_new
Jere- miah's reply.