Judgment on Philistia
1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet aagainst the Philistines, bbefore Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
2 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, awaters rise bout of the north,
And shall be an overflowing flood;
They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell within;
Then the men shall cry,
And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
“Behold, awaters rise bout of the north,
And shall be an overflowing flood;
They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell within;
Then the men shall cry,
And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
3 At the anoise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,
At the rushing of his chariots,
At the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers will not look back for their children,
1Lacking courage,
At the rushing of his chariots,
At the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers will not look back for their children,
1Lacking courage,
4 Because of the day that comes to plunder all the aPhilistines,
To cut off from bTyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
For the Lord shall plunder the Philistines,
cThe remnant of the country of dCaphtor.
To cut off from bTyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
For the Lord shall plunder the Philistines,
cThe remnant of the country of dCaphtor.
5 aBaldness has come upon Gaza,
bAshkelon is cut off
With the remnant of their valley.
How long will you cut yourself?
bAshkelon is cut off
With the remnant of their valley.
How long will you cut yourself?
6 “O you asword of the Lord,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
7 How can1 it be quiet,
Seeing the Lord has agiven it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
There He has bappointed it.”
Seeing the Lord has agiven it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
There He has bappointed it.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Robertson's Book Notes (NT)
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