Jeremiah 47
New King James Version

Judgment on Philistia

47 The word of theLordthat came to Jeremiah the prophet^(A)against the Philistines,^(B)before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

²Thus says theLord:

“Behold,^(C)waters rise^(D)out of the north,
And shall be an overflowing flood;
They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell within;
Then the men shall cry,
And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
³At the^(E)noise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,
At the rushing of his chariots,
Atthe rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers will not look back fortheirchildren,
^[a]Lacking courage,
⁴Because of the day that comes to plunder all the^(F)Philistines,
To cut off from^(G)Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
For theLordshall plunder the Philistines,
^(H)The remnant of the country of^(I)Caphtor.^[b]
⁵^(J)Baldness has come upon Gaza,
^(K)Ashkelon is cut off
Withthe remnant of their valley.
How long will you cut yourself?

⁶“O you^(L)sword of theLord,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
⁷How can^[c]it be quiet,
Seeing theLordhas^(M)given it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
There He has^(N)appointed it.”