Yirmeyah 47
47
1The Devar Hashem that came to Yirmeyah HaNavi against the Pelishtim (Philistines), before Pharaoh smote Azah (Gaza).
2Thus saith Hashem: Hinei, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the Ir, and them that dwell therein; then the adam shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
3At the noise of the stamping of the hooves of his mighty steeds, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the avot shall not look back to their banim for the limpness of their hands;
4Because of the Yom HaBah for destroying all the Pelishtim (Philistines), and to cut off from Tzor and Tzidon every helper that remaineth; for Hashem will destroy the Pelishtim (Philistines), the remnant of the coast of Caphtor.
5The shaved head has come upon Azah (Gaza); Ashkelon is silenced. Remnant of their valley, how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6O thou cherev Hashem, how long will it be until thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7How can it be quiet, seeing Hashem hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea coast? There hath He appointed it.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
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Jeremiah 47
47
Against the Philistines. 1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:#Ez 25:15–16; Zep 2:4.
2Thus says the Lord:
#Nebuchadnezzar’s military campaign against Ashkelon in 604 B.C. may provide some historical background for this poem. See: waters are rising from the north,
to become a torrent in flood;
They shall flood the land and all it contains,
the cities and their inhabitants.
People will howl and wail,
every inhabitant of the land.
3At the noise of the pounding hooves of his steeds,
the clanking chariots, the rumbling wheels,
Parents do not turn back for their children;
their hands hang helpless,
4Because of the day that is coming
to destroy all the Philistines
And cut off from Tyre and Sidon#Tyre and Sidon: Phoenician seaports allied commercially with the Philistines and often rebelling against Nebuchadnezzar; cf. 27:1–4. After the capture of Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar carried out a partially successful thirteen-year siege of Tyre. Caphtor: Crete and other Aegean islands, points of origin for the Philistines and other sea peoples; cf. Am 9:7.
the last of their allies.
Yes, the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.#Jer 25:22; Ez 25:16–17; Am 1:8; 9:7.
5Baldness is visited upon Gaza,#Am 1:7.
Ashkelon is reduced to silence;
Ashdod, remnant of their strength,
how long will you gash yourself?#Baldness…gash yourself: close-cropped hair, silence, and ritual slashing of the body express mourning and grief and here represent the mourner’s awareness that chaos has overcome order (cf. 41:5).
6Ah! Sword of the Lord!
When will you find rest?
Return to your scabbard;
stop, be still!
7How can it find rest
when the Lord has commanded it?
Against Ashkelon and the seacoast,
there he has appointed it.#Zep 2:5–6.
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