Jeremiah

¹ God's Message to the prophet Jeremiah regarding the Philistines just before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

² "Look out! Water will rise in the north country, swelling like a river in flood. The torrent will flood the land, washing away city and citizen. Men and women will scream in terror, wails from every door and window,

³ the clatter of chariots, the banging of wheels. Fathers, paralyzed by fear, won't even grab up their babies

⁴ no hope of help for Tyre and Sidon. God will finish off the Philistines, what's left of those from the island of Crete.

⁵ Ashkelon struck dumb as a post. You're on your last legs. How long will you keep flailing?

⁶ how long will you keep this up? Return to your scabbard. Haven't you had enough? Can't you call it quits?

⁷ when I, God, command the action? I've ordered it to cut down Ashkelon and the seacoast."