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Chapter 47 |
| 1 | The word of
the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that
Pharaoh smote Gaza. |
| 2 | Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up
out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the
land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the
men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. |
| 3 | At the
noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his
chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to
their children for feebleness of hands; |
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4 | Because of the day that
cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every
helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of
the country of Caphtor. |
| 5 | Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut
off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
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| 6 | O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up
thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. |
| 7 | How can it be
quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the
sea shore? there hath he appointed it. |