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This is what the Lord says:

“See, the enemy is gathering in the north like rising waters.
    They will become like an overflowing stream
and will cover the whole country like a flood,
    even the towns and the people living in them.
Everyone living in that country
    will cry for help;
    the people will cry painfully.
They will hear the sound of the running horses
    and the noisy chariots
    and the rumbling chariot wheels.
Parents will not help their children to safety,
    because they will be too weak to help.
The time has come
    to destroy all the Philistines.
It is time to destroy all who are left alive
    who could help the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
The Lord will soon destroy the Philistines,
    those left alive from the island of Crete.

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This is what the Lord says:

“See how the waters are rising in the north;(A)
    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(B)
at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
    at the noise of enemy chariots(C)
    and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
    their hands will hang limp.(D)
For the day has come
    to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
    who could help Tyre(E) and Sidon.(F)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,(G)
    the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.[a](H)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete