Judgment on the Philistines
(Zephaniah 2:4–7)
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza. Jer 25:20Gen 10:191Ki 4:24Exo 25:15-17Zec 9:5-7Amo 1:6-8Zep 2:4-7 This is what the LORD says: Isa 15:2-5Isa 8:7-8Jer 1:14Jer 46:20Jer 8:161Co 10:261Co 10:28Amo 9:5-6
“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
at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, Jdg 5:22Jer 8:16Deu 28:54-55Ezk 26:10-11Jer 46:9Job 39:19-25Lam 4:3-4Nam 2:4
the rumbling of chariots,
and the clatter of their wheels.
The fathers will not turn back for their sons;
their hands will hang limp.
For the day has come Amo 9:7Deu 2:23Isa 20:6Amo 1:8-10Ezk 21:25Ezk 21:29Ezk 7:12Ezk 7:5-7
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. 1
The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Jer 48:37Jer 25:20Jer 41:5Mic 1:161Ki 18:28Amo 1:6-8Deu 14:1Ezk 25:16
Ashkelon will be silenced.
O remnant of their valley, 2
how long will you gash yourself?
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, Ezk 21:3-5Jer 12:12Ezk 21:30Jhn 18:111Ch 21:272Sa 2:26Deu 32:41-42Ezk 14:17
how long until you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still!’
How can it rest Ezk 14:17Mic 6:9Isa 10:61Sa 15:3Amo 3:6Ezk 25:16Isa 13:3Isa 37:26
when the LORD has commanded it?
He has appointed it against Ashkelon
and the shore of its coastland.”