Jeremiah 47 — CEV

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What the Lord Says about the Philistines

1 Before the king of Egypt attacked the town of Gaza, the Lord told me to say to the Philistines:

2 I, the Lord, tell you that your land will be flooded with an army from the north. It will destroy your towns and sweep you away, moaning and screaming.

3 When you hear the thunder of horses and chariots, your courage will vanish, and parents will even abandon their own children.

4 You refugees from Crete, your time has now come, and I will destroy you. None of you will be left to help the cities of Tyre and Sidon.

5 The Anakim who survive in Gaza and Ashkelon will mourn for you by shaving their heads and sitting in silence.

6 You ask how long will I continue to attack you with my sword, then you tell me to put it away and leave you alone.

7 But how can my sword rest, when I have commanded it to attack Ashkelon and the seacoast?

Notes and references

47.1-7 Is 14.29-31; Ez 25.15-17; Jl 3.4-8; Am 1.6-8; Zep 2.4-7; Zec 9.5-7.
attacked the town of Gaza: One of the major Philistine towns; nothing is known about this attack.
Crete: Hebrew “Caphtor,” another name for Crete, the original homeland of the ancestors of the Philistines.
Anakim who survive: One ancient translation; Hebrew “people in the valley who survive.” The Anakim may have been a group of very large people that lived in Palestine before the Israelites (see Numbers 13.33; Deuteronomy 2.10,11, 20,21; and Joshua 11.21,22).

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What the Lord Says about the Philistines

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