Judgment on Philistia
1 The word of theLordthat came to Jeremiah the prophetagainst the Philistines,before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
2 Thus says theLord:
# “Behold,waters riseout of the north,
And shall be an overflowing flood;
They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell within;
Then the men shall cry,
And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
3 At thenoise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,
At the rushing of his chariots,
Atthe rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers will not look back fortheirchildren,
Lacking courage,
4 Because of the day that comes to plunder all thePhilistines,
# To cut off fromTyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
For theLordshall plunder the Philistines,
# The remnant of the country ofCaphtor.
5 Baldness has come upon Gaza,
# Ashkelon is cut off
Withthe remnant of their valley.
How long will you cut yourself?
6 “O yousword of theLord,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
7 How can it be quiet,
# Seeing theLordhasgiven it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
# There He hasappointed it.”