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A Message About the Philistines
This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:
This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:
A Message about Philistia
This is the LORD’s message to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines of Gaza, before it was captured by the Egyptian army.
This is the LORD’s message to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines of Gaza, before it was captured by the Egyptian army.
This is what the Lord says:
“See how the waters are rising in the north;
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
“See how the waters are rising in the north;
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
This is what the LORD says:
“A flood is coming from the north
to overflow the land.
It will destroy the land and everything in it —
cities and people alike.
People will scream in terror,
and everyone in the land will wail.
“A flood is coming from the north
to overflow the land.
It will destroy the land and everything in it —
cities and people alike.
People will scream in terror,
and everyone in the land will wail.
at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
at the noise of enemy chariots
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.
at the noise of enemy chariots
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.
Hear the clatter of stallions’ hooves
and the rumble of wheels as the chariots rush by.
Terrified fathers run madly,
without a backward glance at their helpless children.
and the rumble of wheels as the chariots rush by.
Terrified fathers run madly,
without a backward glance at their helpless children.
Gaza will shave her head in mourning;
Ashkelon will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut yourselves?
Ashkelon will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut yourselves?
“ ‘Alas, sword of the Lord,
how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still.’
how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still.’
“Now, O sword of the LORD,
when will you be at rest again?
Go back into your sheath;
rest and be still.
when will you be at rest again?
Go back into your sheath;
rest and be still.