Jeremiah 47

Prophecy against Philistia

1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the aPhilistines, before Pharaoh
Lit struck
conquered cGaza.
2This is what the Lord says:

Behold, waters are going to rise from dthe north
And become an overflowing torrent,
And eoverflow the land and everything that is in it,
The city and those who live in it;
And the people will fcry out,
And every inhabitant of the land will wail.
3 “Because of the noise of the
Lit stamping of the
,
hgalloping hoofs of his
Lit mighty ones
stallions,
The roar of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers have not turned back for their children,
Because of the debility of their hands,
4 Because of the day that is coming
To jdestroy all the Philistines,
To eliminate from kTyre and Sidon
Every surviving ally;
For the Lord is going to destroy the Philistines,
The remnant of the coastland of lCaphtor.
5mBaldness has come upon Gaza;
nAshkelon has been destroyed.
Remnant of their valley,
How long will you ogash yourself?
6 “Ah, psword of the Lord,
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Rest and stay still.
7 “How can
Lit you
it be quiet,
When the Lord has rgiven it an order?
Against Ashkelon and against the sea shore--
There He has ssummoned it.”
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