Jeremiah 47
1This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines. This word came to him before Pharaoh attacked Gaza. 1
2“Yahweh says this: See, floods of water are rising in the north. They will be like an overflowing river! 1 Then they will overflow the land and everything in it, its cities and its inhabitants! So everyone will shout for help, 1 and all the inhabitants of the land will lament. 1
3At the sound of the stamping of their strong horses' hooves, 1 at the roar of their chariots and the noise of their wheels, 1 fathers will not help their children because of their own weakness. 1
4For the day is coming that will devastate all of the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon 1 every survivor who wants to help them. For Yahweh is devastating the Philistines, 1 those who remain from the island of Caphtor.
5Baldness will come upon Gaza. As for Ashkelon, the people who are left in their valley will be made silent. 1 How long will you cut yourself in mourning? 1
6Woe, sword of Yahweh! How long will it be until you become silent? 1 Go back to your scabbard! Stop and be silent. 1
7How can it rest when Yahweh has commanded it, 1 when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coastlands along the sea?”