Jeremiah 47 - NKJV Bible Online

Jeremiah 47

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^aagainst the Philistines, ^bbefore Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
2 Thus says the Lord:

“Behold, ^awaters rise ^bout 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.

At the ^anoise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,

At the rushing of his chariots,

At the rumbling of his wheels,

The fathers will not look back for their children,

¹Lacking courage,

Because of the day that comes to plunder all the ^aPhilistines,

To cut off from ^bTyre and Sidon every helper who remains;

For the Lord shall plunder the Philistines,

^cThe remnant of the country of ^dCaphtor.¹

^aBaldness has come upon Gaza,

^bAshkelon is cut off

With the remnant of their valley.

How long will you cut yourself?

“O you ^asword of the Lord,

How long until you are quiet?

Put yourself up into your scabbard,

Rest and be still!

How can ¹it be quiet,

Seeing the Lord has ^agiven it a charge

Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?

There He has ^bappointed it.”