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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2This is what the LORD says: "See how the waters are rising in the north; they will become an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and everything in it, the towns and those who live in them. The people will cry out; all who dwell in the land will wail |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds, at the noise of enemy chariots and the rumble of their wheels. Parents will not turn to help their children; their hands will hang limp. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines and to remove all survivors who could help Tyre and Sidon. The LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves? |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"'Alas, sword of the LORD, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.' |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7But how can it rest when the LORD has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?" |
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