1 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the
Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza. 2 Thus says Yahweh: Behold,
waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and
shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell
therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall
wail. 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at
the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don�t
look back to their children for feebleness of hands; 4 because of the day
that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every helper who remains: for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the
remnant of the isle of Caphtor. 5 Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is
brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut
yourself? 6 You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet?
put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still. 7 How can you be
quiet, seeing Yahweh has given you a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against
the sea-shore, there has he appointed it.
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