Jeremiah 47

A Message Concerning the Philistines

¹The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.[#Literally “at not yet”]

²Thus says Yahweh:

“Look, waters are rising from the north,

and they will overflow the land,

And the people will cry out,

³from the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,

Fathers do not turn to their children

⁴Because of the day that is coming

to cut off from Tyre and from Sidon

for Yahweh is destroying the Philistines,

⁵Baldness has come upon Gaza,

O remnant of their valley,

⁶Ah, sword of Yahweh,

Gather to your sheath,

⁷How can you be quiet

Against Ashkelon and against the shore of the sea,