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The word of Jehovah that was to▵ Jeremiah ◦ the prophet against▵ the Philistines , before◦ Pharaoh smote Gaza .
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Thus says Jehovah ; Behold, waters go··up from the north , and shall be an overflowing of◦ the brook , and they shall overflow the land , and her fullness; the city , and those who dwell in her; and mankind shall cry , and everyone that dwells··in the land shall howl .
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From the voice of the stamping◦ of the hoofs of his steeds, from the quaking of his chariots, and from the noise of his rolling wheels, the fathers shall not turn· their ·faces to▵ their sons from slackness of hands ;
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on··account··of the day that comes to devastate all the Philistines , and to cut··off from Tyre and from Zidon every surviving helper; for Jehovah will devastate the Philistines , those who··are··left of the island of Caphtor.
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Baldness has come upon Gaza ; Ashkelon is cut··off◦ with what··is··left of their valley ; until when wilt thou gash thyself?
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Woe, the sword of◦ Jehovah ! How▵ long ◦ wilt thou be· not ·quiet ? Be gathered into thy sheath, repose and be··still .
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How art thou quiet ? For Jehovah has commanded it to▵ Ashkelon, and to the coast of the sea ; there has He appointed* it.