1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiahthe prophet about the Philistines before Pharaohstruck down Gaza. 2 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
3 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.
4 For the day has come
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyreand Sidon
every remaining ally.
Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.47:4 That is, Crete
5 The people of Gazawill shave their heads in mourning;
Ashkelonwill be silenced.
O remnant of their valley,47:5 That is, the Mediterranean coast or plain
how long will you gash yourself?
6 ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD,
how long until you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still!’
7 How can it rest
when the LORD has commanded it?
He has appointed it against Ashkelon
and the shore of its coastland."
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Jeremiah
יִרְמְיָהוּyirəmyahuΙερεμιουIeremiou
Jeremiah, a priest from Anathoth, prophesied to Judah in the final days of the kingdom, announced the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon, and was persecuted and imprisoned for this (Jeremiah 1:1).
Gaza was a city of the Philistines, where the people surrounded Samson and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate to kill him at dawn (Judges 16:2).
Tyre is a fortified city, surrounded by the sea, whose king Hiram supplied cedar and gold to Solomon. Fire on its walls was proclaimed, and Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon (1 Kings 9:11).
Sidon is the city from which the borders of Canaan reached; Jesus said Tyre and Sidon would have repented if the miracles performed in Chorazin and Bethsaida had occurred in them (Matthew 11:21).
Caphtor is an island from which the Lord brought the Philistines; from there came the Caphtorites, who destroyed the Avvites living in villages near Gaza and settled in the place of the Avvites (Deuteronomy 2:23).
Gaza was a city of the Philistines, where the people surrounded Samson and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate to kill him at dawn (Judges 16:2).