1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh struck Gaza.2Thus says the LORD: Behold, waters are rising from the north, and they will become a torrent overflowing; they will overflow the land and its fullness, the city and those who dwell in it. Then the man will cry out, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail.3From the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his mighty ones, from the quaking of his chariots, the roar of his wheels, fathers will not turn to sons because of feebleness of hands.4On the day that comes to ruin all the Philistines, to cut off Tyre and Sidon, every survivor who helps, for the LORD is ruining the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.5Baldness has come to Gaza; Ashkelon is destroyed, the remnant of their valley. How long will you cut yourself?6Woe, sword of the LORD! How long until you are quiet? Gather yourself, do not bare your razor; rest and be silent.7How can you be quiet when the LORD has commanded it against Ashkelon and against the coast of the sea? There he has appointed it.