47:1 The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah 1 about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza. 2
47:4 For the time has come
to destroy all the Philistines.
The time has come to destroy all the help
that remains for Tyre 3 and Sidon. 4
For I, the Lord, will 5 destroy the Philistines,
that remnant that came from the island of Crete. 6
47:5 The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning.
The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb.
How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, 7
you who remain of Philistia’s power? 8
47:6 How long will you cry out, 9 ‘Oh, sword of the Lord,
how long will it be before you stop killing? 10
Go back into your sheath!
Stay there and rest!’ 11
47:7 But how can it rest 12
when I, the Lord, have 13 given it orders?
I have ordered it to attack
the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast. 14