Jeremiah 47:1-5

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Judgment on the Philistines

47 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^(A)concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down ^(B)Gaza.

²“Thus says the Lord:
^(C)Behold, waters are rising ^(D)out of the north,
    ^(E)and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow ^(F)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.
³At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
    ^(G)at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers ^(H)look not back to their children,
    so feeble are their hands,
⁴because of the day that is coming to destroy
    all ^(I)the Philistines,
to cut off from ^(J)Tyre and Sidon
    every helper that remains.
For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
    ^(K)the remnant of the coastland of ^(L)Caphtor.
⁵^(M)Baldness has come upon Gaza;
    ^(N)Ashkelon has perished.
O remnant of their valley,
    ^(O)how long will you gash yourselves?