1 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh conquered Gaza.
2 Thus says the Lord: See, waters rise up out of the northand will be an overflowing flood,and will overflow the land, and all that is in it,the city and those who dwell in it.Then the men shall cry outand all the inhabitants of the land will howl
3 at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,at the rushing of his chariots,and at the rumbling of his wheels.The fathers will not look back to their childrenbecause of the feebleness of their hands,
4 because of the day that comesto destroy all the Philistinesand to cut off from Tyre and Sidonevery helper that remains.For the Lord will destroy the Philistines,the remnant of the country of Caphtor.