[1] The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about the
Philistines, before Pharaoh's attack on Gaza. [2] This is what the Lord has
said: See, waters are coming up out of the north, and will become an
overflowing stream, overflowing the land and everything in it, the town and
those who are living in it; and men will give a cry, and all the people of
the land will be crying out in pain. [3] At the noise of the stamping of
the feet of his war-horses, at the rushing of his carriages and the thunder
of his wheels, fathers will give no thought to their children, because
their hands are feeble; [4] Because of the day which is coming with
destruction on all the Philistines, cutting off from Tyre and Zidon the
last of their helpers: for the Lord will send destruction on the
Philistines, the rest of the sea-land of Caphtor. [5] The hair is cut off
from the head of Gaza; Ashkelon has come to nothing; the last of the Anakim
are deeply wounding themselves. [6] O sword of the Lord, how long will you
have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet. [7]
How is it possible for it to be quiet, seeing that the Lord has given it
orders? against Ashkelon and against the sea-land he has given it
directions.
