Jeremiah 47:3

"The LORD says: “Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, and will overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein. The men will cry, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail."

Key Reflection

This passage depicts a powerful metaphor where divine judgment is personified as waters rising from the north, symbolizing an overwhelming force that floods both physical and spiritual realms. The imagery evokes both natural disaster and divine retribution, urging the people to prepare for God's impending wrath and the consequent sorrow it will bring upon the land and its inhabitants.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

His strong horses -War-horses, chargers. The rushing of his chariots -Rather, the rattling, the crashing noise which they make as they advance. For feebleness of hands -The Philistines flee in such panic that a father would not even turn round to see whether his sons were effecting their escape or not.

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