Jeremiah 47

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

This chapter records the word of the LORD delivered to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines prior to Pharaoh's attack on Gaza. The text describes rising waters from the north that will overflow the land, its cities, and inhabitants, causing people to cry out and wail at the sound of galloping stallions, rumbling chariots, and clattering wheels. Fathers will abandon their sons in helplessness as the day arrives to destroy all the Philistines and cut off remaining allies from Tyre and Sidon. Consequently, the people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning, Ashkelon will be silenced, and the remnant of the valley will gash themselves. The passage concludes with an address to the sword of the LORD, questioning how long it will remain active before returning to its sheath, followed by the explanation that it cannot rest because the LORD has specifically appointed it against Ashkelon and its coastal shores.

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¹This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza. ²This 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 ³at 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. ⁴For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. ⁵The 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‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ ⁷How 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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