Prophecies against the Philistines
1This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines Jr 25:20 before Pharaoh defeated Gaza. Am 1:6-7; Zph 2:4
2This is what the Lord says:
Look, waters are rising from the north Jr 1:13; 4:6,20; 6:1; 50:3,9,41; 51:48
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
They will overflow the land and everything in it, Is 8:7-8
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, Jdg 5:22; Jr 8:16; 50:11
the rumbling of his chariots,
and the clatter of their wheels, Nah 3:2-3
fathers will not turn back for their sons,
because they will be utterly helpless Lit because of laziness of hands
4on account of the day that is coming
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every remaining ally. Jr 25:22; Jl 3:4; Am 1:8-10
Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant of the islands of Caphtor. Probably Crete Gn 10:14; Am 9:7
5Baldness Jr 48:37 is coming to Gaza.
Ashkelon will become silent, Jdg 1:18; Jr 25:20
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
7How can it LXX, Vg; MT reads you rest
when the Lord has given it a command? Ezk 14:17
He has assigned it Mc 6:9
against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.
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