OTNT

Jer 47


47:1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:

47:2 This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising in the north; they will become an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and everything in it, the towns and those who live in them. The people will cry out; all who dwell in the land will wail

47:3 at the sound of the hoofs of galloping steeds, at the noise of enemy chariots and the rumble of their wheels. Fathers will not turn to help their children; their hands will hang limp.

47:4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines and to cut off all survivors who could help Tyre and Sidon. The LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

47:5 Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

47:6 “‘Ah, sword of the LORD,’ you cry,’how long till you rest? Return to your scabbard; cease and be still.’

47:7 But how can it rest when the LORD has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”

47:1 The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh struck Gaza.

47:2 Thus says Jehovah, / See, waters are rising up from the north / And will become an overflowing stream; / And they will overflow the land and all that fills it, / The city and those who dwell in it; / And men will cry out, / And every inhabitant of the land will howl.

47:3 At the sound of the stamping of the hooves of his stallions, / At the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, / The fathers will not turn back for their children, / Because of the feebleness of their hands,

47:4 Because of the day which is coming, / To destroy all the Philistines, / To cut off from Tyre and Sidon / Every helper who survives; / For Jehovah will destroy the Philistines, / The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

47:5 Baldness has come upon Gaza; / Ashkelon has been cut off. / O remnant of their valley, / How long will you cut yourself?

47:6 Alas, O sword of Jehovah, / How long until you are quiet? Put yourself into your sheath; / Rest and be still.

47:7 How can it be quiet, / When Jehovah has commanded it? / Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast ? / There He has appointed it.