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Jeremiah 47
New International Version

### A Message About the Philistines

47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines(A) before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:(B)

2 This is what the Lord says:

“See how the waters are rising in the north;(C)
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(D)
3 at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
at the noise of enemy chariots(E)
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.(F)
4 For the day has come
to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
who could help Tyre(G) and Sidon.(H)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,(I)
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.[a](J)
5 Gaza will shave(K) her head in mourning;
Ashkelon(L) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut(M) yourselves?

6 “‘Alas, sword(N) of the Lord,
how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still.’(O)
7 But how can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”(P)

#### Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete

#### Cross references

1. Jeremiah 47:1 : S Ge 10:14; S Jdg 3:31
2. Jeremiah 47:1 : S Ge 10:19; Zec 9:5-7
3. Jeremiah 47:2 : S Isa 14:31
4. Jeremiah 47:2 : S Isa 15:3
5. Jeremiah 47:3 : S Jer 46:9; S Eze 23:24
6. Jeremiah 47:3 : Isa 13:7; Jer 50:43; Eze 7:17; 21:7
7. Jeremiah 47:4 : S Isa 23:1; Am 1:9-10; Zec 9:2-4
8. Jeremiah 47:4 : S Ge 10:15; S Jer 25:22
9. Jeremiah 47:4 : S Ge 10:14; Joel 3:4
10. Jeremiah 47:4 : S Dt 2:23
11. Jeremiah 47:5 : S Jer 41:5
12. Jeremiah 47:5 : S Jer 25:20
13. Jeremiah 47:5 : S Lev 19:28
14. Jeremiah 47:6 : S Isa 34:5; Jer 12:12; 48:10; 50:35
15. Jeremiah 47:6 : Eze 21:30
16. Jeremiah 47:7 : Eze 25:15-17

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