1 The word of Jehovah that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote Gazah.2 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing flood, 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 howl,3 at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his steeds, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels: fathers shall not look back for {their} children, from feebleness of hands;4 because of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth; for Jehovah will lay waste the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor.5 Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?6 Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.7 How shouldest thou be quiet? -For Jehovah hath given it a charge: against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.

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。