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Jeremiah 47 :: New International Version (NIV)

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A Message About the Philistines

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:1 - This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising in the north; they will become an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and everything in it, the towns and those who live in them. The people will cry out; all who dwell in the land will wail

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:3 - at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds, at the noise of enemy chariots and the rumble of their wheels. Parents will not turn to help their children; their hands will hang limp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines and to remove all survivors who could help Tyre and Sidon. The LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6 - “ ‘Alas, sword of the LORD, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:7 - But how can it rest when the LORD has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”
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Jeremiah Chapter 47 — Additional Translations:

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