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Jeremiah 47 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 47
Judgment on Philistia
Prophecy Against the Philistines
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
2 Thus says the LORD:
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​​“Behold, waters rise out of the north,
​​And shall be an overflowing flood;
​​They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,
​​The city and those who dwell within;
​​Then the men shall cry,
​​And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
3 ​​At the noise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,
​​At the rushing of his chariots,
​​At the rumbling of his wheels,
​​The fathers will not look back for their children,
​​Lacking courage,
4 ​​Because of the day that comes to plunder all the Philistines,
​​To cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
​​For the LORD shall plunder the Philistines,
​​The remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5 ​​Baldness has come upon Gaza,
​​Ashkelon is cut off
​​With the remnant of their valley.
​​How long will you cut yourself?
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6 ​​“O you sword of the LORD,
​​How long until you are quiet?
​​Put yourself up into your scabbard,
​​Rest and be still!
7 ​​How can it be quiet,
​​Seeing the LORD has given it a charge
​​Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
​​There He has appointed it.”
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