Jeremiah 47:2 meaning and explanation

This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail

Jeremiah 47:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah 47 opens with a word from the LORD about the Philistines, given before Pharaoh struck Gaza, so the prophet speaks as invasion looms. Here the LORD pictures an army as rising waters from the north, an overflowing torrent that will cover the land, its cities and all who live in them.

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