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Jeremiah 47 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 47, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Jeremiah 47 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פְּלִשְׁתִּי | Pᵉlishtîy | H6430 | 3 | Pelishtite |
| אַשְׁקְלוֹן | ʼAshqᵉlôwn | H831 | 2 | Ashkelon |
| עַזָּה | ʻAzzâh | H5804 | 2 | Azzah |
| שָׁטַף | shâṭaph | H7857 | 2 | gush, inundate |
| שָׁקַט | shâqaṭ | H8252 | 2 | repose |
| שָׁדַד | shâdad | H7703 | 2 | be burly, powerful |
| שְׁאֵרִית | shᵉʼêrîyth | H7611 | 2 | remainder |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 47, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This 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 distance from them, come in sharers with them in the destruction here threatened. I. It is foretold that the forces of the northern crowns should come upon them, to their great terror, ver. 1-5. II. That the war should continue long, and their endeavours to put an end to it should be in vain, ver. 6-7. The Judgment of the Philistines. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Jeremiah 47:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gaza — Jer 47:1
- Caphtor — Jer 47:4
- Sidon — Jer 47:4
- Tyre — Jer 47:4
- Ashkelon — Jer 47:5
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