The word of theLORDthat came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
Thus saith theLORD; 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.
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stronghorses, at the rushing of his chariots,and atthe rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back totheirchildren for feebleness of hands;
Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,andto cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for theLORDwill spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut offwiththe remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
O thou sword of theLORD, how longwill it beere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
How can it be quiet, seeing theLORDhath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.