The interpretation timeline

Jer 47:1

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jer 47:1 · Douay-Rheims

“The word of the Lord that came to Jeremias the prophet against the people of Palestine, before Pharao took Gaza.”

Patristic before A.D. 750

457

A.D.

Theodoret of Cyrus Patristic

c. A.D. 393–457

“Now he directs his prophecy against foreigners. He calls the inhabitants of Ashkelon, Gaza, Azotus, Gath and Ekron "foreigners." He says that the prediction took place before Pharaoh struck Gaza, and he likens the army of the Babylonians to a flooding river swollen by rain and melted snow. Cities will be overwhelmed by this flood; their inhabitants will be destroyed and lament and be unable to bear the din of the arms and chariots.”

Source

Modern · 1953 →

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