Jeremiah 47

Common English Bible

² The Lord proclaims:
    Waters are rising from the north
        and turning into a raging flood.
They will engulf the land and everything in it,
    the towns and those living in them.
The people cry out;
    all who live there scream.
³ At the pounding of the stallions’ hooves,
    at the deafening roar of the chariots’ wheels,
        parents abandon children,
        so paralyzed are they with fear.
⁴ Because the time is coming
    for the Philistines’ destruction,
    for cutting off from Tyre and Sidon
        anyone who might try to save Gaza,^[a]
    because the Lord will destroy the Philistines,
    the few left from the island of Caphtor.
⁵ Mourning^[b] will come upon Gaza;
    silence will cover Ashkelon,
        the few left in their valley.
How long will you gash yourselves in grief?^[c]
6     You sword of the Lord,
    how long until you are silent?
Return to your sheath;
    rest and be still!
⁷ How can you be silent
    when the Lord has directed you^[d]
        to attack Ashkelon and the coast line?