Prophecy against Philistia

¹The LORD ’s word to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh conquered Gaza.

²The LORD proclaims:

Waters are rising from the north

They will engulf the land and everything in it,

the towns and those living in them.

The people cry out;

all who live there scream.

³At the pounding of the stallions’ hooves,

at the deafening roar of the chariots’ wheels,

⁴Because the time is coming

for the Philistines’ destruction,

for cutting off from Tyre and Sidon

because the LORD will destroy the Philistines,

the few left from the island of Caphtor.

⁵Mourning will come upon Gaza;[#47.5 Or baldness]

silence will cover Ashkelon,

How long will you gash yourselves in grief?

⁶You sword of the LORD ,

how long until you are silent?

Return to your sheath;

rest and be still!

⁷How can you be silent

when the LORD has directed you