Chapter 47
1 The LORD ’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines , before Pharaoh struck Gaza .
2 The LORD says : " Behold , waters rise up out of the north , and will become an overflowing stream , and will overflow the land and all that is therein , the city and those who dwell therein . The men will cry , and all the inhabitants of the land will wail .
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones , at the rushing of his chariots , at the rumbling of his wheels , the fathers don’t look back for their children because their hands are so feeble ,
4 because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines , to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains ; for the LORD will destroy the Philistines , the remnant of the isle of Caphtor .
5 Baldness has come on Gaza ; Ashkelon is brought to nothing. You remnant of their valley , how long will you cut yourself?
6 "‘ You sword of the LORD , how long will it be before you are quiet ? Put yourself back into your scabbard ; rest , and be still .’
7 "How can you be quiet , since the LORD has given you a command ? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore , there he has appointed it ."