Jeremiah 47 in the early church

[Vulgate: Jeremias]

5 passages quote, allude to, or echo Jeremiah 47, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 7

Jeremiah 47:1

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 47:1–2 (29:1-Jer LXX)	Commentary on Jeremiah 47:1–3 · Theodoret of Cyrus	allusion, high confidence	probably 430s (before ca. 446)

Jeremiah 47:3

at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 47:3 (29:3 LXX)	Commentary on Jeremiah 47:1–3 · Theodoret of Cyrus	quotation, high confidence	probably 430s (before ca. 446)

Jeremiah 47:4

For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 47:4 (29:4 LXX)	Commentary on Jeremiah 47:4 · Theodoret of Cyrus	quotation, high confidence	probably 430s (before ca. 446)

Jeremiah 47:5

The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 47:5–6 (29:5-Jer LXX)	Commentary on Jeremiah 47:5 · Theodoret of Cyrus	quotation, high confidence	probably 430s (before ca. 446)

Jeremiah 47:7

How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 47:7 (29:7 LXX)	Commentary on Jeremiah 47:7 · Theodoret of Cyrus	quotation, high confidence	probably 430s (before ca. 446)