Jeremiah 47

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Judgment on the Philistines

Zephaniah 2:4–7

¹This 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:

“See how the waters are rising from the north

and becoming an overflowing torrent.

They will overflow the land and its fullness,

the cities and their inhabitants.

The people will cry out,

and all who dwell in the land will wail

³at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions,

the rumbling of chariots,

and the clatter of their wheels.

The fathers will not turn back for their sons;

their hands will hang limp.

⁴For the day has come

to destroy all the Philistines,

to cut off from Tyre and Sidon

every remaining ally.

Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,

the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

⁵The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning;

Ashkelon will be silenced.

O remnant of their valley,

how long will you gash yourself?

⁶‘Alas, O sword of the Lord,

how long until you rest?

Return to your sheath;

cease and be still!’

⁷How can it rest

when the Lord has commanded it?

He has appointed it against Ashkelon

and the shore of its coastland.”

Footnotes (2)

a v4 That is, Crete
b v5 That is, the Mediterranean coast or plain

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Prophecy & fulfillmentWidely held reading

The Philistine cities brought low

Amos, Jeremiah, Zephaniah and Zechariah all announce judgment on Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod and Ekron. The Philistine cities were devastated by Assyria, Egypt and then Babylon (Ashkelon fell in 604 BC), and the Philistines disappear from history after the sixth century BC. Zechariah says the remnant will become part of Judah.

When: Amos c. 760 BC; Zephaniah c. 630 BC; Jeremiah 47 c. 609 BC; Ashkelon destroyed 604 BC.

Original passageAmos 1:6–8Zephaniah 2:4–7Zechariah 9:5–7Jeremiah 47:1–7

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Jeremiah 47

Judgment on the Philistinesⓘ

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The Philistine cities brought low

Judgment on the Philistines