Prophecy against Philistia
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the aPhilistines, before Pharaoh 1conquered bGaza.Lit struckJer 25:20; Zech 9:6Gen 10:19; 1 Kin 4:24; Jer 25:20; Amos 1:6; Zeph 2:4 2 This is what the LORD says:“Behold, waters are going to rise from athe northAnd become an overflowing torrent,And boverflow the land and everything that is in it,The city and those who live in it;And the people will ccry out,And every inhabitant of the land will wail.Is 14:31; Jer 1:14; 6:22; 46:20, 24Is 8:7, 8Is 15:2-5; Jer 46:12
3 “Because of the noise of the 1agalloping hoofs of his 2stallions,The roar of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels,The fathers have not turned back for their children,Because of the debility of their hands,Lit stamping of theLit mighty onesJudg 5:22; Jer 8:16; Nah 3:24 Because of the day that is comingTo adestroy all the Philistines,To eliminate from bTyre and SidonEvery surviving ally;For the LORD is going to destroy the Philistines,The remnant of the coastland of cCaphtor.Is 14:31Is 23:5; Jer 25:22; Joel 3:4; Amos 1:9, 10; Zech 9:2-4Gen 10:14; Deut 2:23; Amos 9:75 “aBaldness has come upon Gaza;bAshkelon has been destroyed.Remnant of their valley,How long will you cgash yourself?Jer 48:37; Mic 1:16Judg 1:18; Jer 25:20; Amos 1:7, 8; Zeph 2:4, 7; Zech 9:5Jer 16:6; 41:56 “Ah, asword of the LORD,How long will you not be quiet?Withdraw into your sheath;Rest and stay still.Judg 7:20; Jer 12:12; Ezek 21:3-57 “How can 1it be quiet,When the LORD has agiven it an order?Against Ashkelon and against the sea shore—There He has bsummoned it.”Lit youIs 10:6; Ezek 14:17Mic 6:9