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# Chapter 47
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1 This is the Lord’s message to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines of Gaza, before it was captured by the Egyptian army.
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2 This is what the Lord says:
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“A flood is coming from the north
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to overflow the land.
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It will destroy the land and everything in it—
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cities and people alike.
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People will scream in terror,
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and everyone in the land will wail.
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3 Hear the clatter of stallions’ hooves
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and the rumble of wheels as the chariots rush by.
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Terrified fathers run madly,
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without a backward glance at their helpless children.
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4 “The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed,
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along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon.
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Yes, the Lord is destroying the remnant of the Philistines,
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those colonists from the island of Crete.
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5 Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved bald;
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Ashkelon will lie silent.
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You remnant from the Mediterranean coast,
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how long will you cut yourselves in mourning?
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6 “Now, O sword of the Lord,
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when will you be at rest again?
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Go back into your sheath;
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rest and be still.
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7 “But how can it be still
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when the Lord has sent it on a mission?
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For the city of Ashkelon
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and the people living along the sea
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must be destroyed.” |