The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet aagainst the Philistines, bbefore that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, cwaters rise up dout 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.
3 At the enoise 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;
4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from fTyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, gthe remnant of the country of hCaphtor.
5 iBaldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou jsword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath kgiven it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he lappointed it.
Jeremiah 48