1
The
word
of
the
LORD
that
came
to
Jeremiah
the
prophet
against
the
Philistines,
before
that
Pharaoh
smote
Gaza.
2
Thus
saith
the
LORD;
Behold,
waters
rise
up
out
of
the
north,
and
shall
be
an
overflowing
flood,
and
shall
overflow
the
land,
and
all
that
is
therein;
the
city,
and
them
that
dwell
therein:
then
the
men
shall
cry,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
shall
howl.
3
At
the
noise
of
the
stamping
of
the
hoofs
of
his
strong
[horses],
at
the
rushing
of
his
chariots,
[and
at]
the
rumbling
of
his
wheels,
the
fathers
shall
not
look
back
to
[their]
children
for
feebleness
of
hands;
4
Because
of
the
day
that
cometh
to
spoil
all
the
Philistines,
[and]
to
cut
off
from
Tyrus
and
Zidon
every
helper
that
remaineth:
for
the
LORD
will
spoil
the
Philistines,
the
remnant
of
the
country
of
Caphtor.
5
Baldness
is
come
upon
Gaza;
Ashkelon
is
cut
off
[with]
the
remnant
of
their
valley:
how
long
wilt
thou
cut
thyself?
6
O
thou
sword
of
the
LORD,
how
long
[will
it
be]
ere
thou
be
quiet?
put
up
thyself
into
thy
scabbard,
rest,
and
be
still.
7
How
can
it
be
quiet,
seeing
the
LORD
hath
given
it
a
charge
against
Ashkelon,
and
against
the
sea
shore?
there
hath
he
appointed