Thomson(i)
1 Concerning the Philistines,
2 Thus saith the Lord, Behold waters are coming from the north, and they shall become an overwhelming flood, and shall overwhelm the land and the fulness thereof; the cities and them who dwell therein: and the men shall utter the scream of distress, and all the inhabitants of the land, a doleful cry.
3 At the sound of his impetuous onset; at the armour of his infantry; at the rushing of his chariots; the rumbling of his wheels; fathers looked not back on their children, by reason of the feebleness of their hands.
4 In the day which is coming to destroy all the Philistines I will destroy also Tyre and Sidon and all the residue of their help. [p] Because the Lord will utterly destroy the remnants in the isles,
5 baldness is come upon Gaza: Ascalon is overthrown and the remnant of Enakim.
6 [c] How long wilt thou hew down, sword of the Lord? How long will it be ere thou wilt rest? Return into thy scabbard, rest and be removed.
7 [p] How can it rest when the Lord hath given it a charge against Ascalon and the cities on the sea coast and to be lifted up against them whom remain?