{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/jeremiah/47","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:50:09.998Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Jeremiah","bookSlug":"jeremiah","chapter":47,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":46,"nextChapter":48,"totalChapters":52,"totalVerses":7},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The word of Jehovah that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote Gazah."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his steeds, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels: fathers shall not look back for their children, from feebleness of hands;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"because of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth; for Jehovah will lay waste the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"How shouldest thou be quiet? For Jehovah hath given it a charge: against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 47 (DBT)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 47](https://primebible.com/dbt/jeremiah/47)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/jeremiah/47 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}