Jeremiah 47
47
Prophecies against the Philistines
1This is the word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines#Jr 25:20 before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.#Am 1:6–7; Zph 2:4 2This is what the Lord says:
Look, water is rising from the north#Jr 1:13; 4:6,20; 6:1; 50:3,9,41; 51:48
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
It will overflow the land and everything in it,#Is 8:7–8
the cities and their inhabitants.
The people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail.
3At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions,#Jdg 5:22; Jr 8:16; 50:11
the rumbling of his chariots,
and the clatter of their wheels,#Nah 3:2–3
fathers will not turn back for their sons.
They will be utterly helpless#47:3 Lit Because of weakened hands
4on account of the day that is coming
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every remaining ally.#Jr 25:22; Jl 3:4; Am 1:8–10
Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.#47:4 Probably Crete#Gn 10:14; Am 9:7
5Baldness#Jr 48:37 is coming to Gaza;
Ashkelon will become silent.#Jdg 1:18; Jr 25:20
Remnant of their valley,
how long will you gash yourself?
6Oh, sword of the Lord!#Ezk 21:3–5
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
7How can it#47:7 LXX, Vg; MT reads you rest
when the Lord has given it a command?#Ezk 14:17
He has assigned it#Mc 6:9
against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.
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Jeremiah 47
47
A Message About the Philistines
1The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah the prophet. This message is about the Philistine people. It came before the king of Egypt attacked the city of Gaza.
2This is what the Lord says:
“See, the enemy is gathering in the north like rising waters.
They will become like an overflowing stream.
They will cover the whole country like a flood.
They will cover the towns and the people living in them.
Everyone living in that country
will cry for help.
The people will cry painfully.
3They will hear the sound of the running horses.
They will hear the noisy chariots.
They will hear the rumbling chariot wheels.
Fathers will not help their children to safety.
Those fathers will be too weak to help.
4The time has come
to destroy all the Philistines.
It’s time to destroy all who are left alive
who could help Tyre and Sidon.
The Lord will soon destroy the Philistines.
He will destroy those left alive from the island of Crete.
5The people from Gaza will be sad and shave their heads.
The people from Ashkelon will be made silent.
Those left alive from the valley,
how long will you cut yourselves?# The people did these things to show their sadness.
6“You cry, ‘Sword of the Lord,
how long will you keep fighting?
Return to your holder.
Stop! Be still.’
7But how can the sword of the Lord rest?
The Lord gave it a command.
The Lord has ordered it
to attack the city of Ashkelon and the seacoast.”
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