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 1 and Sidon. 2
For I, the Lord, will 3 destroy the Philistines,
that remnant that came from the island of Crete. 4
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, 5
you who remain of Philistia’s power? 6
47:6 How long will you cry out, 7 ‘Oh, sword of the Lord,
how long will it be before you stop killing? 8
Go back into your sheath!
Stay there and rest!’ 9
47:7 But how can it rest 10
when I, the Lord, have 11 given it orders?
I have ordered it to attack
the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast. 12