1 在法老攻击迦萨以先， 耶和华论到非利士人的话临到耶利米先知。

2 耶和华这样说： "看哪！ 有水从北方涨起， 成为一股泛滥的洪流， 淹没大地和地上的一切， 淹没城镇和住在城中的居民。人必呼喊， 地上所有的居民必哀号。

3 因为听见战马的蹄声， 还有战车辚辚和车轮辘辘的响声， 作父亲的双手酸软无力， 不能照顾他们的儿女。

4 日子将到， 非利士人必全遭毁灭， 所有曾援助推罗和西顿仍然幸存的人必被剪除， 因为耶和华要毁灭非利士人， 就是迦斐托岛余剩的人。

5 迦萨成了秃头的， 亚实基伦静默无声（"静默无声"或译： "被毁坏了"）， 在它们的平原上（"在它们的平原上"或参照《七十士译本》译作"亚衲族"﹝参书11:21-22﹞）余剩的人哪， 你们划伤自己的身体要到几时呢？"

6 耶和华的刀剑哪， 你要到几时才可停下来呢？请你入鞘吧！ 休息静止吧！

7 但耶和华既吩咐了它， 又怎能停下来呢？他指派了它去攻击亚实基伦和沿海一带。

1 The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

2 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail. 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands; 4 because of the day that cometh to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth: for Jehovah will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor. 5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? 6 O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still. 7 How canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.