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
A Message Concerning the Philistines
1The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before#Literally “at not yet” Pharaoh attacked Gaza. 2Thus says Yahweh:
“Look, waters are rising from the north,
and they will become as a raging torrent,
and they will overflow the land,
and that which fills it,
the city and those who live in it.
And the people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail,
3from the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
from the clattering of his chariots,#Hebrew “chariot”
the noise of their wheels.
Fathers do not turn to their children
because of the slackness of their hands.
4Because of the day that is coming
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyre and from Sidon
every survivor who could help,
for Yahweh is destroying the Philistines,
the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
5Baldness has come upon Gaza,
Ashkelon is destroyed.
O remnant of their valley,
how long#Literally “until when” will you cut yourself with a blade?
6Ah, sword of Yahweh,
how long#Literally “until when” will you not be quiet?
Gather to your sheath,
keep quiet and stand still.
7How can you be quiet
when Yahweh has given an order to it?
Against Ashkelon and against the shore of the sea,
there he has appointed it.”
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