This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah - the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh - struck down Gaza.
This is what the LORD says : “ See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness , the cities and their inhabitants The people will cry out , and all who dwell in the land will wail
at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions , the rumbling of chariots , and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons ; their hands will hang limp.
For the day has come to destroy - all the Philistines , to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed , the LORD - is about to destroy the Philistines , the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
- The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning - ; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley , how long ... will you gash yourself ?
‘ Alas , O sword of the LORD , how long ... until you rest ... ? Return to your sheath ; cease and be still ! ’
How can it rest when the LORD has commanded He has appointed it against Ashkelon ... and the shore of its coastland .... ”