JEREMIAH 47 [†]The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet  f concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down  g Gaza.

2[†] “Thus says the LORD:

 h Behold, waters are rising  i out of the north,

 h and shall become an overflowing torrent;

they shall overflow  j the land and all that fills it,

the city and those who dwell in it.

Men shall cry out,

and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.

3[†] At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,

 l at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,

the fathers  m look not back to their children,

so feeble are their hands,

4[†] because of the day that is coming to destroy

all  f the Philistines,

to cut off from  n Tyre and Sidon

every helper that remains.

For the LORD is destroying the Philistines,

 o the remnant of the coastland of  p Caphtor.

5[†]  q Baldness has come upon Gaza;

 r Ashkelon has perished.

O remnant of their valley,

 s how long will you gash yourselves?

6[†]  t Ah, sword of the LORD!

How long till you are quiet?

Put yourself into your scabbard;

rest and be still!

7 How can it [1] be quiet

 u when the LORD has given it a charge?

Against  v Ashkelon and against the seashore

 w he has appointed it.”