Jeremiah 47 47 Jeremiah Oracles about the nations American King James Version Judgment on the Philistines (Zephaniah 2:4–7)
1 AKJV The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. BSB BSB: This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
2 AKJV Thus says 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. BSB BSB: This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
3 AKJV 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; BSB BSB: at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
5 AKJV Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself? BSB BSB: The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
6 AKJV O you sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you be quiet? put up yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still. BSB BSB: ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
7 AKJV How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD has given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there has he appointed it. BSB BSB: How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
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