Jeremiah 47

Judgment on Philistia

47The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^aagainst the Philistines, ^bbefore Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

²Thus says the Lord:

“Behold, ^cwaters rise ^dout of the north,

And shall be an overflowing flood;

They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,

The city and those who dwell within;

Then the men shall cry,

And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

³At the ^enoise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,

At the rushing of his chariots,

At the rumbling of his wheels,

The fathers will not look back for their children,

¹Lacking courage,

⁴Because of the day that comes to plunder all the ^fPhilistines,

To cut off from ^gTyre and Sidon every helper who remains;

For the Lord shall plunder the Philistines,

^hThe remnant of the country of ⁱCaphtor. ²

^5jBaldness has come upon Gaza,

^kAshkelon is cut off

With the remnant of their valley.

How long will you cut yourself?

⁶“O you ^lsword of the Lord,

How long until you are quiet?

Put yourself up into your scabbard,

Rest and be still!

⁷How can ³it be quiet,

Seeing the Lord has ^mgiven it a charge

Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?

There He has ⁿappointed it.”