Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 47:2

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Waters rise up - A metaphor for the assembling of an army (compare the marginal references). Out of the north - The Chaldaean army must cross the Euphrates at Carchemish. An overflowing flood - Or, “torrent.” To understand the metaphors of the Bible we must keep the natural phenomena of the country in mind. In Palestine rivers are torrents, dashing furiously along in the rainy seasons, and dry, or nearly so, in the summer. All that is therein - The marginal rendering contrasts the wealth of Egypt, which forms its fullness, and the inhabitants. return to 'Top of Page'

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