| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza. | 1This is the LORD’s message to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines of Gaza, before it was captured by the Egyptian army. |
| 2“Thus says the LORD: Behold, waters are rising out of the north, and shall become an overflowing torrent; they shall overflow the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. Men shall cry out, and every inhabitant of the land shall wail. | 2This is what the LORD says: “A flood is coming from the north to overflow the land. It will destroy the land and everything in it— cities and people alike. People will scream in terror, and everyone in the land will wail. |
| 3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels, the fathers look not back to their children, so feeble are their hands, | 3Hear the clatter of stallions’ hooves and the rumble of wheels as the chariots rush by. Terrified fathers run madly, without a backward glance at their helpless children. |
| 4because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the LORD is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor. | 4“The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed, along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon. Yes, the LORD is destroying the remnant of the Philistines, those colonists from the island of Crete. |
| 5Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has perished. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourselves? | 5Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved bald; Ashkelon will lie silent. You remnant from the Mediterranean coast, how long will you cut yourselves in mourning? |
| 6Ah, sword of the LORD! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still! | 6“Now, O sword of the LORD, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still. |
| 7How can it be quiet when the LORD has given it a charge? Against Ashkelon and against the seashore he has appointed it.” | 7“But how can it be still when the LORD has sent it on a mission? For the city of Ashkelon and the people living along the sea must be destroyed.” |
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