Prophecies against the Philistines

1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines a before Pharaoh defeated Gaza. b 2This is what the LORD says:

Look, waters are rising from the north c

and becoming an overflowing ^•wadi.

They will overflow the land and everything in it, d

the cities and their inhabitants.

The people will cry out,

and every inhabitant of the land will wail.

3At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions, e

the rumbling of his chariots,

and the clatter of their wheels, f

fathers will not turn back for their sons,

because they will be utterly helpless g

4on account of the day that is coming

to destroy all the Philistines,

to cut off from Tyre and Sidon

every remaining ally. h

Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines,

the remnant of the islands of Caphtor. i  j

5Baldness k is coming to Gaza.

Ashkelon will become silent, l

a remnant of their valley.

How long will you gash yourself?

6Oh, sword of the LORD! m

How long will you be restless?

Go back to your sheath;

be still; be silent!

7How can it n rest

when the LORD has given it a command? o

He has assigned it p

against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.