Jeremiah 47:3

Jeremiah 47:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
• New International Version (NIV)at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds, at the noise of enemy chariots and the rumble of their wheels. Parents will not turn to help their children; their hands will hang limp.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels, the fathers look not back to their children, so feeble are their hands,
• New King James Version (NKJV)At the noise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses, At the rushing of his chariots, At the rumbling of his wheels, The fathers will not look back for their children, Lacking courage,

Context of Jeremiah 47:3

1The Lord spoke this message to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh defeated Gaza. 2This is what the Lord says: Water is rising in the north. It will become an overflowing river. It will overflow the land and everything in it, the cities and those who live in them. People will cry out and everyone who lives in the land will cry loudly. They will hear the sound of galloping war horses, the rattling of enemy chariots, and the rumbling of their wheels. Fathers who lack courage abandon their children. 4The time has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon any Philistine who might have escaped to get help. The Lord will destroy the Philistines and anyone who is left from the island of Crete. 5Gaza will shave its head in mourning. Ashkelon will be destroyed. How long will you cut yourselves, you people left on the plains?

Jeremiah 47:3 word by word

מִקּ֗וֹל שַֽׁעֲטַת֙ פַּרְס֣וֹת אַבִּירָ֔יו מֵרַ֣עַשׁ לְרִכְבּ֔וֹ הֲמ֖וֹן גַּלְגִּלָּ֑יו לֹֽא־הִפְנ֤וּ אָבוֹת֙ אֶל־בָּנִ֔ים מֵֽרִפְי֖וֹן יָדָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• At the noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of the stampingשַׁעֲטָהsha‛ăţâh · stampingH8161
• of the hoofsפַּרְסָהparsâh · hoofH6541
• of his strongאַבִּיר'abbîyr · mighty: stallionH47
• at the rushingרַ֫עַשׁra‛ash · quakingH7494
• of his chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
• the rumblingהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• of his wheelsגַּלְגַּלgalgal · wheelH1534
• the fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• shall not look backפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• for feeblenessרִפְיוֹןriphyôn · feeblenessH7510
• of handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Jeremiah 47:3

• Jeremiah 8:16The snorting of horses can be heard from Dan. The neighing of stallions makes the whole land tremble. They are coming to devour the land and everything in it, the city and its people.
• Jeremiah 46:9Go into battle, you horsemen. Drive wildly, you chariot drivers. March into battle, you warriors, you warriors from Sudan and Put who carry shields, you warriors from Lydia who use bows and arrows.
• Judges 5:22Then the horses’ hoofs pounded. The mighty war horses galloped on and on.
• Job 39:19“Can you give strength to a horse or dress its neck with a flowing mane?
• Ezekiel 26:10He will have so many horses that their dust will cover you. The noise from the war horses, wagon wheels, and chariots will shake your walls when he enters your gates. He will enter as people enter a conquered city.
• Nahum 2:4Chariots are racing madly through the streets, rushing this way and that in the city squares. They look like torches, like lightning, as they dart about.
• Nahum 3:2The sound of the whip! The sound of rattling wheels! Horses gallop! Chariots bounce along!
• Deuteronomy 28:54Even the most tender and sensitive man among you will become stingy toward his brother, the wife he loves, and the children he still has left.
• Lamentations 4:3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the women of my people are as cruel as wild ostriches.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 47:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The stamping of the hoofs - At the galloping sound, - Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum, is a line of Virgil, (Aen. 8:596), much celebrated; and quoted here by Blayney, where the galloping sound of the horses' hoofs is heard. In the stamping of the horses, the rushing of the chariots, and the rumbling of the wheels, our translators intended to convey the sense by the sound of the words, and they have not been unsuccessful. Their translation…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3His 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7This message from the Lord was about the Philistine cities on the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and their allies to the north. The Lord decided these cities would be destroyed during the Babylonian invasion.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. (Compare Jr 4:29). fathers ... not look back to ... children--Each shall think only of his own safety, not even the fathers regarding their own children. So desperate shall be the calamity that men shall divest themselves of the natural affections. for feebleness of hands--The hands, the principal instruments of action, shall have lost all power; their whole hope shall be in their feet.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 47:3

• Chariot
• Horse
• War

In the dictionaries

• Rumbling
• Chariot
• Ephai
• Horse
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings