Jeremiah 47
1 The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the
Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become
an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the
city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants
of the land shall wail.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing
of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to
their children for feebleness of hands;
4 because of the day that cometh to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from
Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth: for Jehovah will destroy the
Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of
their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself
into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.
7 How canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against
Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.