OEB JER Chapter 47

47 The message concerning the Philistines which Jeremiah the prophet received from Jehovah, before Pharaoh smote Gaza. 2 Thus saith Jehovah:

From the north, see! waters are rising,

They swell to a raging torrent:

They will sweep o’er the land and its fulness,

The city and (all) her inhabitants.

Men shall utter a cry,

Those that dwell in the land shall howl.

3 At the noise of the hoofs of his galloping steeds,

At the rush of his chariots, the roar of his wheels,

The father shall not look behind for the children;

For all unnerved shall they be–

4 Because of the day of destruction

That cometh on all the Philistines,

Sweeping from Tyre and Sidon

All helpers that yet remain;

For Jehovah shall work destruction

On all that are left in the coast-land.

5 Baldness is come upon Gaza,

Ashkelon is destroyed.

O ye that are left of the Anakim,

How long must ye gash yourselves yet?

6 "Ah! Sword of Jehovah!

How long will it be ere thou rest?

Into thy scabbard get thee,

And keep thee quiet and still."

7 But how can it be quiet,

Since Jehovah hath given it a charge?

He hath destined it for Ashkelon,

And for the shore washed by the sea.

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