Prophecies against the Philistines
47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines u before Pharaoh defeated Gaza. v 2 This 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.
3 At 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
4 on 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. c d
5 Baldness is coming to Gaza. e
Ashkelon will become silent, f
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?
6 Oh, sword of the Lord! g
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
7 How can it h rest
when the Lord has given it a command? i
He has assigned it j
against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.
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