Jeremiah 47

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.	1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremias the prophet against the people of Palestine, before Pharao took Gaza.
2 'Yahweh says this: Look, the waters are rising from the north to become an overwhelming flood,overwhelming the country and all in it, the town and its inhabitants! People cry for help, and there is wailing fromal the country's inhabitants	2 Thus saith the Lord: Behold there come up waters out of the north, and they shall be as an overflowing torrent, and they shall cover the land, and all that is therein, the city and the inhabitants thereof: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,
3 at the thunder of his chargers' hoofs, the crash of his chariots, the grinding of his wheels. Fathers forgetabout their children, their hands fal limp	3 At the noise of the marching of arms, and of his soldiers, at the rushing of his chariots, and the multitude of his wheels. The fathers have not looked back to the children, for feebleness of hands,
4 because the day has come for all the Philistines to be destroyed, for Tyre and Sidon to be stripped tothe last of their al ies. Yes, Yahweh is destroying the Philistines, the remnant from the Isle of Caphtor.	4 Because of the coming of the day, in which all the Philistines shall be laid waste, and Tyre and Sidon shall be destroyed, with all the rest of their helpers. For the Lord hath wasted the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Cappadocia.
5 Baldness has befallen Gaza, Ashkelon has been reduced to silence. You who remain in the val ey, howlong wil you gash yourselves?	5 Baldness is come upon Gaza: Ascalon hath held her peace with the remnant of their valley: how long shalt thou cut thyself?
6 Oh, sword of Yahweh, how long before you rest? Back into your scabbard, stop, keep stil !	6 O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7 Yet how can it rest when Yahweh has given it an order, Ashkelon and the sea coast, the targetsassigned to it?	7 How shall it be quiet, when the Lord hath given it a charge against Ascalon, and against the countries thereof by the sea side, and there hath made an appointment for it?