| Chapter
47 |
| 1 | The
word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,
before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. |
| 2
| 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. |
| 3 | 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; |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 |
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their
valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD
hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath
he appointed it. |
