“See how the waters are rising in the north;^(A)
    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^(B)
3 at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
    at the noise of enemy chariots^(C)
    and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
    their hands will hang limp.^(D)
4 For the day has come
    to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
    who could help Tyre^(E) and Sidon.^(F)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,^(G)
    the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.^[a](H)