1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2Thus saith the Lord;
3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,
4Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,
5Baldness is come upon Gaza;
6O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet?
7How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge