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The Lord proclaims:
    Waters are rising from the north
        and turning into a raging flood.
They will engulf the land and everything in it,
    the towns and those living in them.
The people cry out;
    all who live there scream.
At the pounding of the stallions’ hooves,
    at the deafening roar of the chariots’ wheels,
        parents abandon children,
        so paralyzed are they with fear.
Because the time is coming
    for the Philistines’ destruction,
    for cutting off from Tyre and Sidon
        anyone who might try to save Gaza,[a]
    because the Lord will destroy the Philistines,
    the few left from the island of Caphtor.

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  1. Jeremiah 47:4 Or a helper

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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  1. Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete