1 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines, before Pharaoh's attack on Gaza. 2 This is what the Lord has said: See, waters are coming up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, overflowing the land and everything in it, the town and those who are living in it; and men will give a cry, and all the people of the land will be crying out in pain. 3 At the noise of the stamping of the feet of his war-horses, at the rushing of his carriages and the thunder of his wheels, fathers will give no thought to their children, because their hands are feeble; 4 Because of the day which is coming with destruction on all the Philistines, cutting off from Tyre and Zidon the last of their helpers: for the Lord will send destruction on the Philistines, the rest of the sea-land of Caphtor. 5 The hair is cut off from the head of Gaza; Ashkelon has come to nothing; the last of the Anakim are deeply wounding themselves. 6 O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet. 7 How is it possible for it to be quiet, seeing that the Lord has given it orders? against Ashkelon and against the sea-land he has given it directions.
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- 1 Jeremiah 25:20; Genesis 10:19; Exodus 25:15–17; 1 Kings 4:24; Zechariah 9:5–7
- 2 Jeremiah 1:14; Jeremiah 8:16; Jeremiah 46:20; Isaiah 8:7–8; Isaiah 15:2–5
- 3 Jeremiah 8:16; Judges 5:22; Deuteronomy 28:54–55; Job 39:19–25; Ezekiel 26:10–11
- 4 Amos 9:7; Isaiah 20:6; Deuteronomy 2:23; Hosea 9:7; Amos 1:8–10
- 5 Jeremiah 48:37; Jeremiah 25:20; Micah 1:16; Jeremiah 41:5; Mark 5:5
- 6 Ezekiel 21:3–5; Jeremiah 12:12; John 18:11; Ezekiel 21:30; Isaiah 10:15
- 7 Ezekiel 14:17; Micah 6:9; Isaiah 10:6; Amos 3:6; Zephaniah 2:6–7
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