Jeremiah 47

A Message About the Philistines

47This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines^g before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:^h

²This is what the Lord says:

“See how the waters are rising in the north;ⁱ

they will become an overflowing torrent.

They will overflow the land and everything in it,

the towns and those who live in them.

The people will cry out;

all who dwell in the land will wail^j

³at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,

at the noise of enemy chariots^k

and the rumble of their wheels.

Parents will not turn to help their children;

their hands will hang limp.^l

⁴For the day has come

to destroy all the Philistines

and to remove all survivors

who could help Tyre^m and Sidon.ⁿ

The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,^o

the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.^ap

⁵Gaza will shave^q her head in mourning;

Ashkelon^r will be silenced.

You remnant on the plain,

how long will you cut^s yourselves?

⁶“ ‘Alas, sword^t of the Lord,

how long till you rest?

Return to your sheath;

cease and be still.’^u

⁷But how can it rest

when the Lord has commanded it,

when he has ordered it

to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”^v