1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
2 Thus says the Lord:“Behold, waters rise 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.
3 At the noise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,At the rushing of his chariots,At the rumbling of his wheels,The fathers will not look back for their children,Lacking courage,
4 Because of the day that comes to plunder all the Philistines,To cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains;For the Lord shall plunder the Philistines,The remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5 Baldness has come upon Gaza,Ashkelon is cut offWith the remnant of their valley.How long will you cut yourself?
6 “O you sword of the Lord,How long until you are quiet?Put yourself up into your scabbard,Rest and be still!
7 How can it be quiet,Seeing the Lord has given it a chargeAgainst Ashkelon and against the seashore?There He has appointed it.”