Jeremiah 47 47 Jeremiah Oracles about the nations Unlocked English Bible Judgment on the Philistines (Zephaniah 2:4–7)
1 UEB This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines. This word came to him before Pharaoh attacked 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 UEB "Yahweh says this: See, floods of water are rising in the north. They will be like an overflowing river! Then they will overflow the land and everything in it, its cities and its inhabitants! So everyone will shout for help, and all the inhabitants of the land will lament. 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 UEB At the sound of the stamping of their strong horses' hooves, at the roar of their chariots and the noise of their wheels, fathers will not help their children because of their own weakness. 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 UEB Baldness will come upon Gaza. As for Ashkelon, the people who are left in their valley will be made silent. How long will you cut yourself in mourning? 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 UEB Woe, sword of Yahweh! How long will it be until you become silent? Go back to your scabbard! Stop and be silent. BSB BSB: ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
7 UEB How can it rest when Yahweh has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coastlands along the sea?" 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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