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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.
The Judgment on the Philistines
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
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.
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
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.
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
“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.
O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.