Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 47:1 (show verse)
This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.
Jeremiah 47:2 (show verse)
This is what the Lord says:
Look, waters are rising from the north
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the cities and their inhabitants.
The people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail.
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the cities and their inhabitants.
The people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail.
Jeremiah 47:3 (show verse)
the rumbling of his chariots,
and the clatter of their wheels,
fathers will not turn back for their sons,
because they will be utterly helpless
Jeremiah 47:4 (show verse)
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every remaining ally.
Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant of the islands of Caphtor.
Caphtorim » People of caphtor
Philistines » Descendants of mizraim
Philistines » Prophecies respecting » Utter destruction by pharaoh king of egypt
Philistines » Originally dwelt in the land of caphtor
Philistines » Called caphtorim
sidon » A city » A city on the northern boundary of the canaanites » Prophecies concerning
The Sidonians » Predictions respecting » All their helpers to be cut off
Tyre » City of » Prophecies relating to
Philistines » Descendants of mizraim
Philistines » Prophecies respecting » Utter destruction by pharaoh king of egypt
Philistines » Originally dwelt in the land of caphtor
Philistines » Called caphtorim
sidon » A city » A city on the northern boundary of the canaanites » Prophecies concerning
The Sidonians » Predictions respecting » All their helpers to be cut off
Tyre » City of » Prophecies relating to
Jeremiah 47:5 (show verse)
Ashkelon will become silent,
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?
Jeremiah 47:6 (show verse)
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
Jeremiah 47:7 (show verse)
when the Lord has given it a command?
He has assigned it
against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.