1 Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza.

2 Yahweh says:

"Behold, waters rise up out of the north,

and will become an overflowing stream,

and will overflow the land and all that is therein,

the city and those who dwell therein.

The men will cry,

and all the inhabitants of the land will 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 don’t look back for their children

because their hands are so feeble,

4 because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines,

to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains;

for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines,

the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

5 Baldness has come on Gaza;

Ashkelon is brought to nothing.

You remnant of their valley,

how long will you cut yourself?

6 "‘You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you are quiet?

Put yourself back into your scabbard;

rest, and be still.’

7 "How can you be quiet,

since Yahweh has given you a command?

Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore,

there he has 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。