1The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
2Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters are rising from the north and will become an overflowing torrent; they will overflow the land and its fullness, the city and those who dwell in it. Then the people will cry out, and every inhabitant of the land will wail.
3At the sound of the pounding hooves of his mighty steeds, at the rumbling of his chariots, the din of his wheels, fathers do not turn back for their children, because their hands go limp.
4because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off for Tyre and Sidon every surviving helper; for Yahweh is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
5Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourselves?
6Ah, sword of Yahweh! How long until you are still? Gather yourself into your sheath; rest and be quiet!
7How can it be still, when Yahweh has commanded it? Against Ashkelon and against the seashore — there he has appointed it.
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