Jeremiah, 47
1. The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
1. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2. 'Yahweh says this: Look, the waters are rising from the north to become an overwhelming flood, overwhelming the country and all in it, the town and its inhabitants! People cry for help, and there is wailing from all the country's inhabitants
2. "Thus says the LORD: Behold, waters are rising out of the north, and shall become an overflowing torrent; they shall overflow the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. Men shall cry out, and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
3. at the thunder of his chargers' hoofs, the crash of his chariots, the grinding of his wheels. Fathers forget about their children, their hands fall limp
3. At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels, the fathers look not back to their children, so feeble are their hands,
4. because the day has come for all the Philistines to be destroyed, for Tyre and Sidon to be stripped to the last of their allies. Yes, Yahweh is destroying the Philistines, the remnant from the Isle of Caphtor.
4. because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the LORD is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
5. Baldness has befallen Gaza, Ashkelon has been reduced to silence. You who remain in the valley, how long will you gash yourselves?
5. Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ash'kelon has perished. O remnant of the Anakim, how long will you gash yourselves?
6. Oh, sword of Yahweh, how long before you rest? Back into your scabbard, stop, keep still!
6. Ah, sword of the LORD! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, rest and be still!
7. Yet how can it rest when Yahweh has given it an order, Ashkelon and the sea coast, the targets assigned to it?
7. How can it be quiet, when the LORD has given it a charge? Against Ash'kelon and against the seashore he has appointed it."
