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1. This is the Word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the man of God about the Philistines, before Pharaoh won the war against Gaza.
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1. The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 that H834 came H1961 to H413 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 against H413 the Philistines H6430 , before H2962 that Pharaoh H6547 smote H5221 H853 Gaza H5804 .
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2. The Lord says, "Waters are going to rise from the north and become a flood. They will flow over the land and everything in it, the cities and all who live in them. The men will cry out. Every person living in the land will cry in a loud voice.
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2. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Behold H2009 , waters H4325 rise up H5927 out of the north H4480 H6828 , and shall be H1961 an overflowing H7857 flood H5158 , and shall overflow H7857 the land H776 , and all H4393 that is therein ; the city H5892 , and them that dwell H3427 therein : then the men H120 shall cry H2199 , and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 shall howl H3213 .
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3. Because of the noise of the feet of horses running, the noise of war-wagons and the sound of wheels, fathers have not turned back for their children. Their hands have become too weak,
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3. At the noise H4480 H6963 of the stamping H8161 of the hooves H6541 of his strong H47 horses , at the rushing H4480 H7494 of his chariots H7393 , and at the rumbling H1995 of his wheels H1534 , the fathers H1 shall not H3808 look back H6437 to H413 their children H1121 for feebleness H4480 H7510 of hands H3027 ;
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4. because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines. And all those who helped Tyre and Sidon will be destroyed. For the Lord is going to destroy the Philistines, those who are left of the land of Caphtor by the sea.
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4. Because of H5921 the day H3117 that cometh H935 to spoil H7703 H853 all H3605 the Philistines H6430 , and to cut off H3772 from Tyrus H6865 and Zidon H6721 every H3605 helper H5826 that remaineth H8300 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 will spoil H7703 H853 the Philistines H6430 , the remnant H7611 of the country H339 of Caphtor H3731 .
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5. All the hair is gone from the head of Gaza. Ashkelon has been destroyed. O you who are left of their valley, how long will you cut yourselves?
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5. Baldness H7144 is come H935 upon H413 Gaza H5804 ; Ashkelon H831 is cut off H1820 with the remnant H7611 of their valley H6010 : how long H5704 H4970 wilt thou cut thyself H1413 ?
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6. O, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you are quiet? Return to your holder. Be at rest and do not move.
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6. O H1945 thou sword H2719 of the LORD H3068 , how long H5704 H575 will it be ere H3808 thou be quiet H8252 ? put up thyself H622 into H413 thy scabbard H8593 , rest H7280 , and be still H1826 .
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7. How can it be quiet, when the Lord has given it work to do? He has sent it against Ashkelon and against the land by the sea."
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7. How H349 can it be quiet H8252 , seeing the LORD H3068 hath given it a charge H6680 against H413 Ashkelon H831 , and against H413 the sea H3220 shore H2348 ? there H8033 hath he appointed H3259 it.
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