47:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh ①conquered Gaza.
▷ ①Lit struck
47:2 This is what the LORD says:
“Behold, waters are going to rise from the north
And become an overflowing torrent,
And overflow the land and everything that is in it,
The city and those who live in it;
And the people will cry out,
And every inhabitant of the land will wail.
47:3 Because of the noise of the ①galloping hoofs of his ②stallions,
The roar of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers have not turned back for their children,
Because of the debility of their hands,
▷ ①Lit stamping of the ②Lit mighty ones
47:4 Because of the day that is coming
To destroy all the Philistines,
To eliminate from Tyre and Sidon
Every surviving ally;
For the LORD is going to destroy the Philistines,
The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
47:5 Baldness has come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon has been destroyed.
Remnant of their valley,
How long will you gash yourself?
47:6 Ah, sword of the LORD,
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Rest and stay still.
47:7 How can ①it be quiet,
When the LORD has given it an order?
Against Ashkelon and against the sea shore—
There He has summoned it.”
▷ ①Lit you