A prophecy of the desolation of the Philistines, of Tyre, Sidon, Gaza, and Ascalon.
The desolation of the Philistims, Tyre, Sidon, Gaza, and Ascalon is prophecied.
1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremias the prophet against the people of Palestine, before Pharao took Gaza.Parola detta dal Signore a Geremia profeta contro i Filistei, prima che Faraone espugnasse Gaza.THE word of our Lord that was made to Ieremie the prophet against the Palesthines, before Pharao stroke Gaza:Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam prophetam contra Palæstinos, antequam percuteret Pharao Gazam. 2Thus saith the Lord: Behold there come up waters out of the north, and they shall be as an overflowing torrent, and they shall cover the land, and all that is therein, the city and the inhabitants thereof: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,Queste cose dice il Signore: Ecco che le acque vengono da settentrione a guisa di torrente, che inonda, e cuopriranno la terra, e tutto quello, che ella contiene, la città, e i suoi abitanti: grideranno gli uomini, e urleranno tutti gli abitatori della terra.Thus saith our Lord: Behold there come vp waters from the North, and they shal be as •torrent ouerflowing, and they shal couer the earth, and the fulnes thereof, the citie and the inhabitantes thereof: men shal crie, and al the inhabitantes of the land shal howleHæc dicit Dominus: / Ecce aquæ ascendunt ab aquilone, / et erunt quasi torrens inundans, / et operient terram et plenitudinem ejus, / urbem et habitatores ejus. / Clamabunt homines, / et ululabunt omnes habitatores terræ, 3At the noise of the marching of arms, and of his soldiers, at the rushing of his chariots, and the multitude of his wheels. The fathers have not looked back to the children, for feebleness of hands,Al romore delle armi pompose, e degli armati, allo scuotimento de' cocchi, e delle molte loro ruote. I padri perduto il vigor delle braccia, non hanno data a' figliuoli un'occhiata.at the noise of the pompe of the armour, and of his men of warre, at the commotion of his chariots, and the multitude of his wheeles. The fathers haue not respected the children, being of dissolute handes,a strepitu pompæ armorum, et bellatorum ejus, / a commotione quadrigarum ejus, et multitudine rotarum illius. / Non respexerunt patres filios manibus dissolutis, 4Because of the coming of the day, in which all the Philistines shall be laid waste, and Tyre and Sidon shall be destroyed, with all the rest of their helpers. For the Lord hath wasted the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Cappadocia.Perchè il dì è venuto, in cui i Filistei saranno sterminati, e sarà distrutta Tiro, e Sidone con tutti gli aiuti, che lor restavano: imperocché il Signore ha messi a saccomanno i Filistei, avanzi dell'isola di Capadocia.for the coming of the day, wherein al the Philisthims shal be wasted, and Tyre, and Sidon shal be destroyed with al the rest of their aydes. For our Lord hath spoyled the Palesthines, the remnant of the ile of Cappadocia.pro adventu diei in quo vastabuntur omnes Philisthiim, / et dissipabitur Tyrus et Sidon / cum omnibus reliquis auxiliis suis: / depopulatus est enim Dominus Palæstinos, / reliquias insulæ Cappadociæ.
5Baldness is come upon Gaza: Ascalon hath held her peace with the remnant of their valley: how long shalt thou cut thyself?Gaza è diventata calva: Ascalone è taciturna, e quel, che resta della lor valle. Fino a quando ti farai delle ferite?Baldnes is come vpon Gaza. Ascalon hath held her peace, and the remnant of her valley, how long shalt thou be hewed?Venit calvitium super Gazam; / conticuit Ascalon, et reliquiæ vallis earum: / usquequo concideris ? 6O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.Non avrai tu posa giammai, o spada del Signore? rientra nel fodero, raffreddati, e sta in quiete.O sword of our Lord how long wilt thou not be quiet? Get thee into thy scabbard, be cooled, and be stil.O mucro Domini, usquequo non quiesces ? / ingredere in vaginam tuam, / refrigerare, et sile. 7How shall it be quiet, when the Lord hath given it a charge against Ascalon, and against the countries thereof by the sea side, and there hath made an appointment for it?E come starà ella in quiete, mentre il Signore le ha dati ordini contro Ascalone, e contro le sue regioni marittime, e ivi le ha prescritto di agire?How shal it be quiet when our Lord hath commanded it against Ascalon, and against the countries thereof by the sea side, and there hath made appointment with it?Quomodo quiescet, / cum Dominus præceperit ei adversus Ascalonem, / et adversus maritimas ejus regiones, / ibique condixerit illi ?
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Calmet
Gaza, going or returning from Charcamis. Apries also attacked Tyre, and would of course invade the Philistines. They had assisted the Tyrians against Nabuchodonosor, who therefore made incursions into their territory, and into that of Ammon, etc., while the main part of his army besieged Tyre for thirteen years. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Marching. Literally, "pomp," (Haydock) or warlike apparatus. (Haydock)
Haydock
Protestants, "stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at," etc. (Haydock)
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Tyre. See Jeremias 47:4., and Ezechiel xxvi., etc.
Diodorus
Sidon. It had rejoiced at the downfall of its rival, (Isaias 23:4.) and of the Jews, Joel 3:4., and Ezechiel 28:24. Artax Ochus punished it severely; (Calmet) and its own king, Tenner, betrayed his subjects, who were slain by the Persians, or burnt themselves in the conflagration of the city. (Diodorus, Olym. 177. a. 2.)
Helpers; Philistines, who came originally from the isle of Caphtor, or Crete.
Sanctius
Cappadocia was not an island, or near the sea, (Calmet) but at a distance from the Jews. (Sanctius)
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Baldness, the sign of mourning, (Calmet) or captivity. (Haydock)
Haydock
Peace. Hebrew, "shall be destroyed." Septuagint, "cast away." She has afforded no assistance to Gaza. (Haydock)
Calmet
Valley, along the Mediterranean. (Calmet)
Literally, "And ye remnants of their valley, how?" etc.
Haydock
Cut, in despair or grief, Jeremias 41:5. Septuagint, "Remnants of the Enakeim, (giants) how long wilt thou make incisions?" (Haydock)
Calmet
The race of Enack dwelt in those parts; though ánkim seems to have been mistaken for ankom. (Calmet)
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Sword. He is moved with pity to see so much carnage, but reflects that such is the will of God. Nabuchodonosor was his sword or scourge. (Calmet)
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Concordance Isa. 14. & 21.
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Babylon which is northward from Palestina.
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2. Behold waters ascend. — He compares the numerous and impetuous army of the Chaldeans to waters and an overflowing torrent, which overturns cities with their inhabitants. Thus Theodoret. THEY SHALL COVER THE LAND (of Egypt), AND THE FULNESS THEREOF, — that is, all things that are in it; for these as it were fill it, such as cities, fields, villages, fortresses, etc.
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3. FROM THE NOISE OF THE POMP OF ARMS. — In Hebrew, from the voice of the noise of the hooves of his mighty ones; mighty ones, namely, of horses, powerful hooves. For arms in Hebrew it is פרסות אביריו parsot abbirav, which our Interpreter, Isai. V, 28, "the hooves of his horses;" for hooves are of horses, and consequently the arms of horsemen, for running against the enemy and making war: for horses have wonderful force in their hooves, and by them in running they make great noise, Isaiah cap. V, 28, Ezech. cap. XXVI, 10. FATHERS DID NOT LOOK BACK UPON CHILDREN WITH HANDS UNLOOSED — that is, from fear, and from the dissolution of hands arising thence and as it were paralysis, fathers forgot nature, and neglected their children, nor did they look back, that they might see what was happening to their children. Thus Theodoret and the Chaldean.
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4. For the coming of the day,—on account of the day of destruction which will come, when all Palestine will be laid waste: hence there will be such great fear that fathers will not care for their sons. TYRE AND SIDON WILL BE DISPERSED WITH ALL THEIR OTHER AUXILIARIES.—Vatablus translates differently from the Hebrew: To destroy for Tyre and Sidon every remaining helper, that is, so that the Palestinians, who were accustomed to aid Tyre and Sidon, might be destroyed. But the Septuagint and the Chaldean agree with our Interpreter, although both versions come to the same meaning. THE REMNANTS OF THE ISLAND OF CAPPADOCIA.—Note: Cappadocia is here called an island, although it is on the continent, because it is maritime and extends with a long coastline into the Euxine Sea: thus the Septuagint, the Chaldean and our Interpreter translate the Hebrew כפתור Caphtor as Cappadocia. Note that the Palestinians are called the remnants of the Cappadocians: because the Cappadocians occupied Palestine, having expelled the Hevites, as is evident from Deuteronomy II, 23. Thus Theodoret, Rabanus, Hugo. The Palestinians therefore were a colony of the Cappadocians. Add that the Philistines and the Cappadocians, that is the Cappadocians, were brothers, as is evident from Genesis cap. X, 14. Others, such as Theodoret and a Castro, translate the Hebrew Caphtor not as Cappadocia (for that, they say, is far distant from Palestine), but as Cyprus: for the same letters are in both words, if you remove the t in Caphtor: and a Castro thinks that Cyprus was formerly called Cappadocia; but I would wish to see where and by whom. Finally, Torniellus in the year of the world 1931, num. 32, suspects that the island of Cappadocia here called is that which was later called New Tyre (or a place near it), and is situated near Old Tyre: for this is properly an island, and is near the Philistines. This opinion is favored first, because the Hebrew Caphtor, that is Cappadocia, seems to be the same as caph, that is hand, tor, that is of Tyre, as if you were to say, hand, that is side or neighboring, of Tyre. Second, because Adrichomius from Bredenbachius and others, in the description of the tribe of Asher, num. 91, relates that near the Lebanon and the river Adonim, not far from Tyre, there is a place distinguished by a temple of St. George, which is called by the inhabitants Cappadocia.
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5. BALDNESS WILL COME (Baldness will come certainly and soon),—that is, plundering and the robbery of all goods, so that not even a hair seems to have been left upon Gaza. Thus Rabanus, Lyran, Vatablus. Second, "baldness," that is a great calamity and mourning. For they were accustomed in mourning to shave themselves bald, as is evident from Isaiah cap. XV, 2, Ezekiel VII, 18, Amos VIII, 10. Thus Maldonatus. ASCALON BECAME SILENT.—That is, it is completely destroyed and overthrown, that is Ascalon will be destroyed and overthrown. This is a metalepsis: for when a city is destroyed, there is solitude and silence of all things. We have seen a similar thing cap. XXV, 37 and elsewhere. Second, "became silent," because by the sudden and unexpected arrival of the enemy it was stupefied. Third, because the insolent enemy cut off its spirit and tongue. Thus Sanchez. Ascalon was a strong city, one of the five satrapies of the Philistines. Here Samson killed thirty Philistines and took their garments, so that he might give them to thirty men who had solved his riddle, Judges XIV. They say that Herod was born in this city, who in the time of Christ killed the infants in Bethlehem, and from this was called an Ascalonite. Today, retaining its ancient strength, it is the strongest bulwark of the Saracens. Thus Adrichomius. AND THE REMNANTS OF THEIR VALLEY,—and their remaining cities and suburban villages, which were in the valley, since Gaza and Ascalon were situated in a higher place. How long will you cut yourself?—How long will Ascalon and Gaza cut yourself with nails, or even with knives after the manner of the Gentiles on account of sorrow and mourning? Thus Hugo, Lyran and Vatablus. The Septuagint translates: How long will you cut yourself, O sword (O sword) of the Lord? The sword of the Lord is Nebuchadnezzar, say Theodoret and Rabanus.
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6. O SWORD OF THE LORD!—From great compassion for such great slaughter of the Philistines, which he foresaw, Jeremiah cries out and beseeches that it cease: for a sufficiently great slaughter has been made. Thus Maldonatus. Be refreshed—from the heat of slaying, which flows from the fury of the one slaying, as if to say, O be refreshed and temper your fury and your heat of slaying the Ascalonites.
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7. HOW WILL IT REST?—The Prophet answers himself, that the sword cannot rest, because God commanded it to rage against Ascalon. AND THERE HE HAS APPOINTED IT,—commanded, that it rage there. Others translate: He has appointed it a time in which it ought to rage; and so it cannot cease before it fulfills this mission of its in the time appointed to it. Moreover, this prophecy against the Palestinians was fulfilled in the fifth year after the destruction of Jerusalem, which was the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar. For then he himself laid waste Coele-Syria (to which the Philistines belong). Thus Josephus, lib. X Antiq. cap. XLI.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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… The prevailing opinion today is that Kefivo of the Egyptian documents and Caphtor of the Bible (Gen. 10, 14) (Kaftara in the cuneiform texts) is C., the country of origin of the Philistines (Jer. 47, 7; Am. 9, 7). Archaeological explorations attest to a great commercial activity with Egypt and with the other Mediterranean regions from the 3rd millennium to 1400 B.C. In Egypt, in …
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