The Book of JEREMIAH - Chapter Forty Seven

 

1 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:

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This 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

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at 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.

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For 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 

Gaza will shave her head in mourning;

    Ashkelon will be silenced.

You remnant on the plain,

    how long will you cut yourselves?

6 

‘“Alas, sword of the Lord,

    how long till you rest?

Return to your sheath;

    cease and be still.”

7 

But 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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READINGS

The Book of JEREMIAH 

Chapter Forty Seven

Read by Sir David Suchet

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OVERVIEW 

The Book of JEREMIAH

 - Overview -

The Bible Project 

Jeremiah  “The Bible in 5”

Tim Mackie (the Bible Project)

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STUDY - LINKS

The Book of JEREMIAH 

David Pawson

Part 1

Part 2 

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