Word Against Philistia
That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the aPhilistines, before Pharaoh struck down bGaza. 2 Thus says Yahweh:
“Behold, waters are going to rise from athe north
And become an overflowing torrent,
And boverflow the land as well as its fullness,
The city and those who inhabit it;
And the men will ccry out,
And every inhabitant of the land will wail.
3 Because of the noise of the agalloping hoofs of his valiant steeds,
The quaking of his chariots, and the tumult of his wheels,
The fathers have not turned back for their children,
Because of the limpness of their hands,
4 On account of the day that is coming
To adestroy all the Philistines,
To cut off from bTyre and Sidon
Every ally that is left;
For Yahweh is going to destroy the Philistines,
The remnant of the coastland of cCaphtor.
5 aBaldness has come upon Gaza;
bAshkelon has been ruined.
O remnant of their valley,
How long will you cgash yourself?
6 Ah, asword of Yahweh,
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Be at rest and stay still.
7 How can it be quiet?
Yahweh has agiven it a command;
Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast—
There He has bassigned it.”