Jeremiah 47:1–7

Prophecy against Philistia

¹That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the ^aPhilistines, before Pharaoh ¹conquered ^bGaza.

²Thus says the Lord:

“Behold, waters are going to rise from ^athe north

And become an overflowing torrent,

And ^boverflow the land and all its fullness,

The city and those who live in it;

And the men will ^ccry out,

And every inhabitant of the land will wail.

³“Because of the noise of the ^1agalloping hoofs of his ²stallions,

The tumult of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels,

The fathers have not turned back for their children,

Because of the limpness of their hands,

⁴On account of the day that is coming

To ^adestroy all the Philistines,

To cut off from ^bTyre and Sidon

Every ally that is left;

For the Lord is going to destroy the Philistines,

The remnant of the coastland of ^cCaphtor.

⁵“^aBaldness has come upon Gaza;

^bAshkelon has been ruined.

O remnant of their valley,

How long will you ^cgash yourself?

⁶“Ah, ^asword of the Lord,

How long will you not be quiet?

Withdraw into your sheath;

Be at rest and stay still.

⁷“How can ¹it be quiet,

When the Lord has ^agiven it an order?

Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast—

There He has ^bassigned it.”