Глава 47

1–7. Prophecy about the Philistines. Jeremiah 47:1–7. The Philistines are so horrified by the news of enemies coming to their land from the north that the fathers do not even pay attention to the pleas of their children. Along with the fall of the Philistine fortresses, the Phoenicians, allies of the Philistines, are deprived of their last hope: their cities of Tire and Sidon must also undergo the horrors of a siege. In vain will the proud Philistines beg for mercy: the sword of God will not stop until God’s judgment on the Philistines is complete. Jer.47:1. The word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck Gaza. The time of the prophecy is determined by the words: before Pharaoh struck Gaza. This was shortly after the Battle of Megiddo (608), when Pharaoh Necho, heading from the harbor of Acre, therefore, from the north to the Philistine land, destroyed Gaza, since Gaza was, as it were, the key to Egypt. If his campaign against Mesopotamia, which he was then undertaking, had ended in failure, then he could still, in that case, freely return along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea to Egypt. Jer.47:2. Thus says the Lord: Behold, the waters will rise from the north and become a flood, and will drown the earth and all that fills it, the city and those living in it; then the people will cry out, and all the inhabitants of the country will weep. Here, as in 3 tbsp. depicts the invasion of the Babylonians (cf. Jer 1:15, 25:9). Jer.47:4. from the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to take away all the other helpers from Tire and Sidon, for the Lord will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor. The rest of the island of Kaftora. The Philistines are so named because a significant part of the population of the Philistine land were newcomers from the island of Caphtor or Crete (see Am 9.7). According to other interpretations, Caphtor was the name of part of the Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian Delta (cf. Jeremiah 25.22). Jer.47:5. Gaza has become bald, Ascalon, the rest of their valley, is perishing. Baldness - cf. Jer 2.16 and Jer 16.6. - “The remnant of their valley.” Here, of course, is the low-lying, less protected part of the Philistine land - namely the western one. You might be interested in: