The Book of Jeremiah
47: 1The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the
Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. 47:2Thus saith Jehovah: 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 them that dwell therein; and
the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail. 47:3At 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 look not back to their children for feebleness
of hands; 47:4because of the day that cometh to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off
from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth: for Jehovah will destroy the
Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor. 47:5Baldness is come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut
thyself? 47:6O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up
thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still. 47:7How canst thou be quiet, seeing
Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore,
there hath he appointed it.