Jer 47
1
The word of YHWH that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before
that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2
Thus says YHWH: 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 comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre
and Sidon every helper that remains: for YHWH will destroy the Philistines, the remnant
of the isle of Caphtor.
5
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley:
how long will you cut yourself?
6
O you sword of YHWH, how long will it be before you be quiet? put up yourself into
your scabbard; rest, and be still.
7
How can you be quiet, seeing YHWH has given you a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against
the sea-shore, there has he appointed it.