Jeremiah 47 announces the coming devastation of Philistia before Pharaoh's strike on Gaza. The LORD depicts the invader as floodwaters surging up from the north, bringing such terror that fathers abandon children, the coastal strongholds collapse, and the Philistines' remaining allies are cut off, while the chapter ends by reminding everyone that the sword at work is the LORD's own appointed weapon.
This chapter continues the nations oracles by showing that Philistia, like Egypt, cannot withstand the LORD's decreed judgment. Its short, concentrated imagery keeps the focus on divine inevitability: panic, mourning, and ruin are not random military outcomes but the execution of the LORD's command.
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T1his is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza. 2This is what the LORD says: 3at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, 4For the day has come 5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; 6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, 7How can it rest
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