Jeremiah 47

1. This word of Adonai came to Yirmeyahu the prophet concerning the P’lishtim before Pharaoh attacked ‘Azah:

2. 2 “Here is what Adonai says: 2 ‘Water is rising out of the north; 2 it will become a flooding stream, 2 flooding the land and all that is in it, 2 the city and its inhabitants. 2 The people are crying out in alarm, 2 everyone in the land is weeping

3. at the thunderous pound of his stallions’ hoofs, 3 at his rattling chariots’ rumbling wheels. 3 Fathers fail to turn back for their children; 3 instead, their hands hang limp,

4. because the day has come 4 for destroying all the P’lishtim, 4 for cutting off from Tzor and Tzidon 4 the last of their allies; 4 for Adonai is destroying the P’lishtim, 4 the remnant from the island of Kaftor.

5. ‘Azah is shaved bald, 5 Ashkelon reduced to silence. 5 Those of you who remain in their valley, 5 how long will you go on gashing yourselves?’”

6. Oh, sword of Adonai, 6 how long till you can be quiet? 6 Put yourself back in your scabbard! 6 Stop! Be still!

7. But how can you be still? 7 For Adonai has given it orders 7 against Ashkelon, against the seacoast; 7 he has assigned it its task there.