Old Testament · Jeremiah

Jeremiah 47

Judgment on the Philistines

(Zephaniah 2:4–7)

1That which was the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote Gaza. 2Thus says the LORD: Behold, waters are rising up out of the north, and they shall become an overflowing stream, and they shall overflow the land and its fullness, the city and those who dwell in it; and the man^a shall cry out, and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.

3At the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, the rumbling of his wheels, fathers do not turn back to their children because of feebleness of hands;
4because of the day that comes to spoil all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining helper; for the LORD is spoiling the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
5Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is destroyed, the remnant of their valley; how long will you cut yourself?
6Ah, sword of the LORD! How long until you are quiet? Gather yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still.
7How can you be quiet, when the LORD has commanded it^b? Against Ashkelon and against the seashore, there he has appointed it.