Jeremiah 47
47
A Message about Philistia
1This is the Lord’s message to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines of Gaza, before it was captured by the Egyptian army. 2This is what the Lord says:
“A flood is coming from the north
to overflow the land.
It will destroy the land and everything in it—
cities and people alike.
People will scream in terror,
and everyone in the land will wail.
3Hear the clatter of stallions’ hooves
and the rumble of wheels as the chariots rush by.
Terrified fathers run madly,
without a backward glance at their helpless children.
4“The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed,
along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon.
Yes, the Lord is destroying the remnant of the Philistines,
those colonists from the island of Crete.#47:4 Hebrew from Caphtor.
5Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved bald;
Ashkelon will lie silent.
You remnant from the Mediterranean coast,#47:5 Hebrew the plain.
how long will you cut yourselves in mourning?
6“Now, O sword of the Lord,
when will you be at rest again?
Go back into your sheath;
rest and be still.
7“But how can it be still
when the Lord has sent it on a mission?
For the city of Ashkelon
and the people living along the sea
must be destroyed.”
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Jeremiah 47
47
Prophecy against Philistia
1The LORD’s word to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh conquered Gaza.
2The LORD proclaims:
Waters are rising from the north
and turning into a raging flood.
They will engulf the land and everything in it,
the towns and those living in them.
The people cry out;
all who live there scream.
3At the pounding of the stallions’ hooves,
at the deafening roar of the chariots’ wheels,
parents abandon children,
so paralyzed are they with fear.
4Because the time is coming
for the Philistines’ destruction,
for cutting off from Tyre and Sidon
anyone who might try to save Gaza,#47.4 Or a helper
because the LORD will destroy the Philistines,
the few left from the island of Caphtor.
5Mourning#47.5 Or baldness will come upon Gaza;
silence will cover Ashkelon,
the few left in their valley.
How long will you gash yourselves in grief?#47.5 Heb lacks in grief.
6You sword of the LORD,
how long until you are silent?
Return to your sheath;
rest and be still!
7How can you be silent
when the LORD has directed you#47.7 Or it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast line?
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