Jeremiah 47:3-5

Common English Bible

³ At the pounding of the stallions’ hooves,
    at the deafening roar of the chariots’ wheels,
        parents abandon children,
        so paralyzed are they with fear.
⁴ Because the time is coming
    for the Philistines’ destruction,
    for cutting off from Tyre and Sidon
        anyone who might try to save Gaza,^[a]
    because the Lord will destroy the Philistines,
    the few left from the island of Caphtor.
⁵ Mourning^[b] will come upon Gaza;
    silence will cover Ashkelon,
        the few left in their valley.
How long will you gash yourselves in grief?^[c]