Dual Panel1This came to the prophet Jeremiah as the word of the LORD concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh's attack on Gaza:
2These are the words of the LORD: See how waters are rising from the north and swelling to a torrent in spate, flooding the land and all that is in it, towns and those who live in them. People cry out in alarm; wailing arises from all the inhabitants of the land.
3At the noise of the pounding of his chargers' hoofs, the rattle of his chariots and their rumbling wheels, fathers have no thought for their children; their hands hang powerless,
4because the day has come for all Philistia to be despoiled, and Tyre and Sidon destroyed to the last defender; for the LORD is despoiling the Philistines, that remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
5Gaza is shorn bare, Ashkelon ruined, the remnant of the Philistine power. How long will you gash yourselves and cry:
6“Ah, sword in the hand of the LORD, how long will it be before you rest? Sheathe yourself, cease and be quiet.”
7How can it rest when the LORD has given it work to do against Ashkelon and the sea coast? There he has assigned the sword its task.