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Jeremiah 47

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines ⓐ before Pharaoh defeated Gaza. ⓑ

² This is what the LORD says: Look, waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing wadi. They will overflow the land and everything in it, ⓒ the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and every inhabitant of the land will wail.

³ At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions, ⓓ the rumbling of his chariots, and the clatter of their wheels, ⓔ fathers will not turn back for their sons, because they will be utterly helpless [1]

⁴ on account of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. ⓕ Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the islands of Caphtor. [2] ⓖ

⁵ Baldness is coming to Gaza. ⓗ Ashkelon will become silent, ⓘ a remnant of their valley. How long will you gash yourself?

⁶ Oh, sword of the LORD! ⓙ How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent!

⁷ How can it [3] rest when the LORD has given it a command? ⓚ He has assigned it ⓛ against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.

#	HCSB
1	This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines ⓐ before Pharaoh defeated Gaza. ⓑ
2	This is what the LORD says: Look, waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing wadi. They will overflow the land and everything in it, ⓒ the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and every inhabitant of the land will wail.
3	At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions, ⓓ the rumbling of his chariots, and the clatter of their wheels, ⓔ fathers will not turn back for their sons, because they will be utterly helpless [1]
4	on account of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. ⓕ Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the islands of Caphtor. [2] ⓖ
5	Baldness is coming to Gaza. ⓗ Ashkelon will become silent, ⓘ a remnant of their valley. How long will you gash yourself?
6	Oh, sword of the LORD! ⓙ How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent!
7	How can it [3] rest when the LORD has given it a command? ⓚ He has assigned it ⓛ against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.

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^{Jeremiah 47:4 [95]} That is, Crete

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