[1] The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the
Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza. [2] Thus says Yahweh: Behold,
waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream,
and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who
dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land
shall wail. [3] At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong
ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the
fathers don`t look back to their children for feebleness of hands; [4]
because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off
from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for Yahweh will destroy the
Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor. [5] Baldness is come on
Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long
will you cut yourself? [6] You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before
you be quiet? put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still. [7]
How can you be quiet, seeing Yahweh has given you a charge? Against
Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there has he appointed it.