Jeremiah 47:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Waters

Out of

Jeremiah 1:14

Jeremiah 46:6

All that is therein

Jeremiah 8:16

Jeremiah 50:12

1 Corinthians 10:26

Then the

Bible References

Waters

Who is this that rises like the Nile,
Like the rivers whose waters surge about?

“Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the

Euphrates,

Even the king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.

“I will make justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies
And the waters will overflow the secret place.

So they will fear the name of the Lord from the west
And His glory from the rising of the sun,
For He will come like a rushing stream
Which the wind of the Lord drives.

The overflowing forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant.

The Lord God of hosts,
The One who touches the land so that it melts,
And all those who dwell in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

But with an overflowing flood
He will make a complete end of its site,
And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,

Out of

Then the Lord said to me, “Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.

Let not the swift man flee,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north beside the river Euphrates
They have stumbled and fallen.

All that is therein

From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses;
At the sound of the neighing of his stallions
The whole land quakes;
For they come and devour the land and its fullness,
The city and its inhabitants.

Your mother will be greatly ashamed,
She who gave you birth will be humiliated.
Behold, she will be the least of the nations,
A wilderness, a parched land and a desert.

for the earth is the Lord’s, and

all it contains.

Then the

This is the message which the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt:

“The sound of an outcry from Horonaim,
‘Devastation and great destruction!’

They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, even to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is bald and every beard is cut off.

The oracle concerning the valley of vision.
What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

“On that day,” declares the Lord,
“There will be the sound of a cry from the Fish Gate,
A wail from the

Second Quarter,

And a loud crash from the hills.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.