Jeremiah 47 (GNV)

Chapter Text

47:1 The wordes of the Lord that came to Ieremiah the Prophet, against the Philistims, before that Pharaoh smote Azzah.

47:2 Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, waters rise vp out of the North, and shalbe as a swelling flood, and shall ouerflowe the land, and all that is therein, and the cities with them that dwell therein: then the men shall crie, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howle,

47:3 At the noise and stamping of ye hoofes of his strong horses, at the noise of his charets, and at the rumbling of his wheeles: ye fathers shall not looke backe to their children, for feeblenes of handes,

47:4 Because of the day that commeth to destroy all the Philistims, and to destroy Tyrus, and Zidon, and all the rest that take their part: for the Lord will destroy the Philistims, the remnant of the yle of Caphtor.

47:5 Baldenes is come vpon Azzah: Ashkelon is cut vp with the rest of their valleys. Howe long wilt thou thy selfe?

47:6 O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be or thou cease! turne againe into thy scaberd, rest and be still.

47:7 Howe can it cease, seeing the Lord hath giuen it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea banke? euen there hath he appointed it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wordes", "lord", "came", "ieremiah", "prophet", "against", "philistims", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wordes" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "wordes" and "lord" carries the first interpretive weight. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wordes" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.