A Message About the Philistines
1A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet. It was about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked the city of Gaza.
2The Lord said,
“The armies of Babylon are like waters rising in the north.
They will become a great flood.
They will flow over the land and everything in it.
They will flow over the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out.
All those who live in the land will weep.
3They will weep when they hear galloping horses.
They will weep at the noise of enemy chariots.
They will weep at the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not even try to help their children.
Their hands will not be able to help them.
4The day has come
to destroy all the Philistines.
The time has come to remove all those
who could help Tyre and Sidon.
I am about to destroy the Philistines.
I will not leave anyone alive
who came from the coasts of Crete.
5The people of Gaza will be so sad
they will shave their heads.
And Ashkelon’s people will be silent.
You who remain on the plain,
how long will you cut yourselves?
6“ ‘Sword of the Lord!’ you cry out.
‘How long will it be until you rest?
Return to the place you came from.
Stop killing us! Be still!’
7But how can his sword rest
when the Lord has given it a command?
He has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the Philistine coast.”
Ujumbe Kuhusu Wafilisti
147:1 Zek 9:5-7; Sef 2:4-5; Amo 1:6; Mwa 10:14-19Hili ndilo neno la Bwana lililomjia nabii Yeremia kuhusu Wafilisti, kabla Farao hajaishambulia Gaza:
247:2 Isa 8:7; 14:31; 15:3Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Tazama jinsi maji yanavyoinuka huko kaskazini,
yatakuwa mafuriko yenye nguvu sana.
Yataifurikia nchi na vitu vyote vilivyomo ndani yake,
miji na wale waishio ndani yake.
Watu watapiga kelele;
wote waishio katika nchi wataomboleza
347:3 Yer 46:9; Eze 23:24; Yer 50:43; Eze 7:17; 21:7kwa sauti ya kwato za farasi waendao mbio,
kwa sauti ya magari ya adui
na mngurumo wa magurudumu yake.
Baba hawatageuka kuwasaidia watoto wao,
mikono yao italegea.
447:4 Isa 23:1; Amo 1:9-10; Mwa 10:14-15; Yer 25:22; Yoe 3:4; Kum 2:23; Za 9:2-4Kwa maana siku imewadia
kuwaangamiza Wafilisti wote
na kuwakatilia mbali walionusurika wote
ambao wangeweza kusaidia Tiro na Sidoni.
Bwana anakaribia kuwaangamiza Wafilisti,
mabaki toka pwani za Kaftori.47:4 Kaftori ndio Krete.
547:5 Yer 41:5; Mik 1:16; Yer 25:20; Law 19:28Gaza atanyoa kichwa chake katika kuomboleza,
Ashkeloni atanyamazishwa.
Enyi mabaki kwenye tambarare,
mtajikatakata wenyewe mpaka lini?
647:6 Isa 34:5; Yer 12:12; Eze 21:3; Yer 48:10; 50:35“Mnalia, ‘Aa, upanga wa Bwana,
utaendelea mpaka lini ndipo upumzike?
Rudi ndani ya ala yako;
acha na utulie.’
747:7 Eze 25:15-17Lakini upanga utatuliaje
wakati Bwana ameuamuru,
wakati ameuagiza kuishambulia Ashkeloni
pamoja na pwani yake?”
