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\v 1 Yahweh gave to the prophet Jeremiah a message about the people of Philistia. The message was given to him before the city of Gaza in Philistia was captured by the army of Egypt.
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\v 2 This is what Yahweh said:
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\q1 "An army will be coming from the northeast
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\q2 that will cover the land like a flood.
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\q1 They will destroy the land and everything in it;
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\q2 they will destroy people and cities.
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\q1 People will scream out for help;
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\q2 and everyone in the land will wail in mourning.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 They will hear the sound of the hooves of the enemy horses,
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\q2 and they will hear the rumble of the wheels of their enemies' chariots.
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\q1 Men will run away;
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\q2 they will not stop to help their own children but
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\q2 will be completely weak and helpless .
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\q1
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\v 4 It will be the time for all the people of Philistia to be destroyed,
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\q2 and the time to stop the remaining soldiers from being able to help the people living in the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
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\q1 I, Yahweh, will destroy the people of Philistia,
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\q2 those whose ancestors long ago came from Island of Crete.
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\q1
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\v 5 The people of Gaza will be humiliated;
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\q2 they will shave off all the hair on their heads to indicate that they are ashamed.
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\q1 The people of the city of Ashkelon will all be silent because they will be mourning.
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\q1 All you people who live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea who are still alive,
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\q2 how long will you gash yourselves because you are mourning?"
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\q1
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\v 6 The people of Philistia say, "Yahweh, when will you tell our enemies to stop killing us with their swords?
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\q2 Tell them to put them back into their sheaths and allow them to stay there!"
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\q1
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\v 7 But it would not be right for their swords to stay there,
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\q2 because Yahweh has commanded their enemies to do something more;
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\q1 Yahweh intends to tell them to attack all the people living in Ashkelon and in other cities along the coast.
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