47:1-7
This chapter does not make good reading for the Philistines. They had always been at odds with Israel, though David had managed to deal with them. However, they had become more of a menace again, and would remain so until Nebuchadnezzar defeated them. The “waters rising in the north refer to Babylon. The destruction would be terrible, and they would long for it to end. But there would be no respite until the work of judgement had been concluded.
Why do we get chapters like this? Part of the answer is that God is God of all the earth. Judgement begins with the house of God, but it does not end there.
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