(KJV) Jeremiah 47¹

⥃Judgment on the Philistines ^{[ Zephaniah 2:4–7 ]}

[1] The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against² the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza³.⁴ [2] Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters⁵ rise up out of⁶ the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein⁷; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the⁸ men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. [3] At the noise⁹ of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong [horses], at the rushing of his chariots, [and at] the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers¹⁰ shall not look back to [their] children for feebleness of hands; [4] Because of the day¹¹ that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, [and] to cut off from Tyrus¹² and Zidon every¹³ helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant¹⁴ of the country¹⁵ of Caphtor¹⁶. [5] Baldness¹⁷ is come upon Gaza¹⁸; Ashkelon is cut off [with] the remnant¹⁹ of their valley: how²⁰ long wilt thou cut thyself? [6] O thou sword²¹ of the Lord, how long²² [will it be] ere thou be quiet? put up thyself²³ into²⁴ thy scabbard, rest, and be still. [7] How can it²⁵ be quiet, seeing the Lord²⁶ hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea²⁷ shore? there hath he²⁸ appointed it.