Jeremiah 47

Prophecies against the Philistines

47This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines ^ubefore Pharaoh defeated Gaza. ^v2This is what the Lord says:

Look, waters are rising from the north ^w

and becoming an overflowing wadi.

They will overflow the land and everything in it, ^x

the cities and their inhabitants.

The people will cry out,

and every inhabitant of the land will wail.

³At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions, ^y

the rumbling of his chariots,

and the clatter of their wheels, ^z

fathers will not turn back for their sons,

because they will be utterly helpless ^a

⁴on account of the day that is coming

to destroy all the Philistines,

to cut off from Tyre and Sidon

every remaining ally. ^b

Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,

the remnant of the islands of Caphtor. ^cd

⁵Baldness is coming to Gaza. ^e

Ashkelon will become silent, ^f

a remnant of their valley.

How long will you gash yourself?

⁶Oh, sword of the Lord! ^g

How long will you be restless?

Go back to your sheath;

be still; be silent!

⁷How can it ^hrest

when the Lord has given it a command? ⁱ

He has assigned it ^j

against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.