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Jeremiah 47:1
英文原文
that Pharaoh - Pharaoh-Necho though defeated at Carchemish, was probably able to seize Gaza upon his retreat, when obviously the possession of so strong a fortress would be most useful to him to prevent the entrance of the victorious Chaldaeans into Egypt.
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Jeremiah 47:2
「水……发起」 - 这是对大军集结的比喻（参页边所列参考经文）。
「从北方」 - 迦勒底大军必须在迦基米施渡过幼发拉底河。
「涨溢的河」 - 或译作「急流」。要理解圣经的比喻，我们必须把那地的自然现象牢记在心。在巴勒斯坦，河流皆为湍急的水流，雨季时奔腾汹涌，夏季则干涸或近乎干涸。
「其中所有的」 - 页边译法将构成埃及之“丰盛”的财富与其中的居民作了对比。
英文原文
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.
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Jeremiah 47:3
「壮马」 - 指战马，冲锋骑乘的骏马。
「战车隆隆」 - 更宜译作「辚辚作响」：即战车前进时所发出的碰撞轰响。
「手发软」 - 非利士人逃命时惊惶万状，以致作父亲的甚至不肯回头去看一眼儿子们是否逃脱了。
英文原文
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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Jeremiah 47:4
「因为日子将到，要施行掳掠」 - 应作：「因为」施行「毁灭」的日子已经来到。
非利士人被称为推罗仅存（即最后）的帮助者，因为其余凡能援助推罗的，都已被迦勒底的势力征服。对非利士的审判与对推罗的审判相关联，其应验乃借着尼布甲尼撒差遣麾下副将率军出征，蹂躏那地，并为其主力大军供应粮草。
「迦斐托之地」 - 即迦斐托的沿海地带。非利士人来自埃及三角洲的海岸，他们被称为「余剩之民」，因为其人数已大为减少：一部分缘于普萨美提克攻打亚实突的长期战争，一部分缘于迦萨被攻取（Jeremiah 47:1），还有一部分缘于亚述的入侵。
英文原文
Because of the day that cometh to spoil - "Because" the day has come "to devastate."
The Philistines are called Tyre's remaining (i. e., last) helper, because all besides who could have assisted her have already succumbed to the Chaldaean power. The judgment upon Philistia was in connection with that upon Tyre, and it was fulfilled by expeditions sent out by Nebuchadnezzar under him lieutenants to ravage the country and supply his main army with provisions.
The country of Caphtor - The coastland of Caphtor. The Philistines came from the coast of the Egyptian Delta, and are called "a remnant" because they had been greatly reduced in numbers, partly by the long war of Psammetichus against Ashdod, partly by the capture of Gaza Jeremiah 47:1, and partly by Assyrian invasions.
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Jeremiah 47:5
「秃头」 - 表示极度的哀恸（见 Jeremiah 16:6）。
「被剪除」 - 也有人译作「因悲伤过度而说不出话来」。
「同他们山谷中所剩下的」 - 也有人译作：「他们山谷中所剩下的人哪，你要划身到几时呢？」他们的山谷即迦萨和亚实基伦一带的低地平原，通常称为示非拉（Shefelah），构成了非利士人的疆土。七十士译本的读法值得注意：「亚衲族人的余种」，这大概是指迦特——巨人的家乡（1 Samuel 17:4）。
Jeremiah 47:6 或作：「哀哉，耶和华的刀哪，你到几时才止息呢？」答案见 Jeremiah 47:7。
英文原文
Baldness - Extreme mourning (see Jeremiah 16:6).
Is cut off - Others render, is speechless through grief.
With the remnant of their valley - Others, O remnant of their valley, how long wilt thou cut thyself? Their valley is that of Gaza and Ashkelon, the low-lying plain, usually called the Shefelah, which formed the territory of the Philistines. The reading of the Septuagint is remarkable: "the remnant of the Anakim," which probably would mean Gath, the home of giants 1 Samuel 17:4.
Jeremiah 47:6. Or, Alas, Sword of Yahweh, how long wilt thou not rest? For the answer, see Jeremiah 47:7.
「法老」 - 即法老尼哥。他虽在迦基米施战败，撤退时却很可能夺取了迦萨；显然，占有这样一座坚固堡垒，对阻挡得胜的迦勒底人进入埃及，对他极为有用。