Give Sign in Get the app Get started

Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 47:2

Jeremiah 47:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

waters: Jeremiah 46:7-8; Isaiah 8:7-8, Isaiah 28:17, Isaiah 59:19; Daniel 11:22; Amos 9:5-6; Nahum 1:8; Revelation 12:15-16, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:15

out of: Jeremiah 1:14, Jeremiah 46:6, Jeremiah 46:20

all that is therein: Heb. the fulness thereof, Jeremiah 8:16 *marg. Psalms 24:1, Psalms 50:12, Psalms 96:11, Psalms 98:7; 1 Corinthians 10:26, 1 Corinthians 10:28

then the: Jeremiah 46:13, Jeremiah 48:3-5, Jeremiah 48:39; Isaiah 15:2-5, Isaiah 15:8, Isaiah 22:1, Isaiah 22:4-5; Zephaniah 1:10-11; James 5:1

The Daily Devotional

One devotional. Every morning.

The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.

We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.

Continue tomorrow

Turn Bible study into a daily habit

Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.

Read today's devotional Save my progress

Recommended reading

More for Jeremiah 47:2

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Jeremiah 47 — OverviewJeremiah 47 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter reads the Philistines their doom, as the former read the Egyptians theirs and by the same hand, that of Nebuchadnezzar. It is short, but terrible; and Tyre and Zidon, though they lay at some…Jeremiah 47 — OverviewJeremiah 47 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJeremiah 47:1, The destruction of the Philistines.Jeremiah 47 — OverviewJeremiah 47 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of the Philistines chiefly; and also of the Tyrians and Zidonians. The title of the prophecy, Jer 47:1; the instruments of this destruction, who are compared to…Jeremiah 47:1-7Jeremiah 47:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleAs the Egyptians had often proved false friends, so the Philistines had always been sworn enemies, to the Israel of God, and the more dangerous and vexatious for their being such near neighbours to them. They were…Jeremiah 47:2Jeremiah 47:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThus saith the Lord, behold, waters rise up out of the north,.... Meaning an army of men, which should come in great numbers, and with great force and rapidity, like an overflowing flood. So the Targum,"behold, people…

commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.