THE word of the LORD that come to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,before Pharaoh  attacked Gaza.

2 Thus says the LORD:"Behold,water rise out of the north,and shall be an overflowing flood;they shall overflow the land and all that is in it,the city and those who dwell within;then the men shall cry,and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

3 At the noise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses ,at the rushing of his chrariots,at the rumbling of his wheels,the fathers will not look back for their children,lacking courage,

4 Because of the day that comes to plunder all the phillistines,to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains;for the LORD shall plnuder the phillistines,the remnant of the countery of Caphtor.

5 Baldness has come upon Gaza,Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley.How long will you cut yourself?

6 "O you sword of the LORD,how long will you are quiet ? Put yourself up into your scabbard,rest and be still !

7 How can it be quiet,seeing the LORD has given it a charge against Ashkelon and against the seashore ?There He has appointed it."Jeremiah 47