Jeremiah 47
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Prophecies against the Philistines
47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines(A) before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.(B) 2 This is what the Lord says:
Look, waters are rising from the north
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,(C)
the cities and their inhabitants.
The people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail.
3 At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions,(D)
the rumbling of his chariots,
and the clatter of their wheels,(E)
fathers will not turn back for their sons,
because they will be utterly helpless[a]
4 on account of the day that is coming
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every remaining ally.(F)
Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant of the islands of Caphtor.[b](G)
5 Baldness is coming to Gaza.(H)
Ashkelon will become silent,(I)
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?
6 Oh, sword of the Lord!(J)
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
7 How can it[c] rest
when the Lord has given it a command?(K)
He has assigned it(L)
against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:3 Lit because of laziness of hands
- Jeremiah 47:4 Probably Crete
- Jeremiah 47:7 LXX, Vg; MT reads you
Jeremiah 47
Common English Bible
Prophecy against Philistia
47 The Lord’s word to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh conquered Gaza.
2 The Lord proclaims:
Waters are rising from the north
and turning into a raging flood.
They will engulf the land and everything in it,
the towns and those living in them.
The people cry out;
all who live there scream.
3 At the pounding of the stallions’ hooves,
at the deafening roar of the chariots’ wheels,
parents abandon children,
so paralyzed are they with fear.
4 Because the time is coming
for the Philistines’ destruction,
for cutting off from Tyre and Sidon
anyone who might try to save Gaza,[a]
because the Lord will destroy the Philistines,
the few left from the island of Caphtor.
5 Mourning[b] will come upon Gaza;
silence will cover Ashkelon,
the few left in their valley.
How long will you gash yourselves in grief?[c]
6 You sword of the Lord,
how long until you are silent?
Return to your sheath;
rest and be still!
7 How can you be silent
when the Lord has directed you[d]
to attack Ashkelon and the coast line?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:4 Or a helper
- Jeremiah 47:5 Or baldness
- Jeremiah 47:5 Heb lacks in grief.
- Jeremiah 47:7 Or it
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