The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh struck Gaza.

Thus says Jehovah, See, waters are rising up from the north And will become an overflowing stream; And they will overflow the land and all that fills it, The city and those who dwell in it; And men will cry out, And every inhabitant of the land will howl.

At the sound of the stamping of the hooves of his stallions, At the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, The fathers will not turn back for their children, Because of the feebleness of their hands,

Because of the day which is coming, To destroy all the Philistines, To cut off from Tyre and Sidon Every helper who survives; For Jehovah will destroy the Philistines, The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has been cut off. O remnant of their valley, How long will you cut yourself?

Alas, O sword of Jehovah, How long until you are quiet? Put yourself into your sheath; Rest and be still.

How can it be quiet, When Jehovah has commanded it? Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast-There He has appointed it.