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A short oracle announces that waters from the north will overflow Philistia and devastate Gaza, Ashkelon, and surrounding territory, leaving fathers too terrified to help their children.
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Jeremiah 47
A short oracle announces that waters from the north will overflow Philistia and devastate Gaza, Ashkelon, and surrounding territory, leaving fathers too terrified to help their children.
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1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the…2Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of…3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of…4Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the…5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with…6O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it…7How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given…