¹Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam prophetam contra Palæstinos,The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah, the prophet, against the Philistines,antequam percuteret Pharao Gazam.before Pharaoh struck Gaza.

¹Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam prophetam contra Palæstinos,The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah, the prophet, against the Philistines,antequam percuteret Pharao Gazam.before Pharaoh struck Gaza.

²Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Ecce aquæ ascendunt ab aquilone,“Behold, waters will rise up from the north,et erunt quasi torrens inundans,and they will be like an inundating torrent,et operient terram et plenitudinem ejus,and they will cover the land and its plenitude,urbem et habitatores ejus.the city and its inhabitants.Clamabunt homines,The men will cry out,et ululabunt omnes habitatores terræ,and all the inhabitants of the land will wail,

²Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Ecce aquæ ascendunt ab aquilone,“Behold, waters will rise up from the north,et erunt quasi torrens inundans,and they will be like an inundating torrent,et operient terram et plenitudinem ejus,and they will cover the land and its plenitude,urbem et habitatores ejus.the city and its inhabitants.Clamabunt homines,The men will cry out,et ululabunt omnes habitatores terræ,and all the inhabitants of the land will wail,

³a strepitu pompæ armorum, et bellatorum ejus,before the uproar of a procession of weapons and of his soldiers,a commotione quadrigarum ejus, et multitudine rotarum illius.before the commotion of his four-horse chariots and the multitude of his wheels.Non respexerunt patres filios manibus dissolutis,The fathers have not looked back for the sons, because of feebleness of hands,

³a strepitu pompæ armorum, et bellatorum ejus,before the uproar of a procession of weapons and of his soldiers,a commotione quadrigarum ejus, et multitudine rotarum illius.before the commotion of his four-horse chariots and the multitude of his wheels.Non respexerunt patres filios manibus dissolutis,The fathers have not looked back for the sons, because of feebleness of hands,

⁴pro adventu diei in quo vastabuntur omnes Philisthiim,because of the arrival of the day on which all the Philistines will be devastated,et dissipabitur Tyrusand Tyre and Sidon will be destroyed,et Sidon cum omnibus reliquis auxiliis suis:with all the rest of their helpers.depopulatus est enim Dominus Palæstinos,For the Lord has depopulated the Philistines,reliquias insulæ Cappadociæ.the remnant of the island of Cappadocia.

⁴pro adventu diei in quo vastabuntur omnes Philisthiim,because of the arrival of the day on which all the Philistines will be devastated,et dissipabitur Tyrusand Tyre and Sidon will be destroyed,et Sidon cum omnibus reliquis auxiliis suis:with all the rest of their helpers.depopulatus est enim Dominus Palæstinos,For the Lord has depopulated the Philistines,reliquias insulæ Cappadociæ.the remnant of the island of Cappadocia.

⁵Venit calvitium super Gazam;Baldness has arrived over Gaza.conticuit Ascalon,Ashkelon has been silenced,et reliquiæ vallis earum:along with the remnant of their valley.usquequo concideris?And how long will you continue to be cut down?

⁵Venit calvitium super Gazam;Baldness has arrived over Gaza.conticuit Ascalon,Ashkelon has been silenced,et reliquiæ vallis earum:along with the remnant of their valley.usquequo concideris?And how long will you continue to be cut down?

⁶O mucro Domini,O sharp sword of the Lord,usquequo non quiesces?how long will you be without rest?ingredere in vaginam tuam,Enter your sheath;refrigerare,be refreshedet sile.and silenced.

⁶O mucro Domini,O sharp sword of the Lord,usquequo non quiesces?how long will you be without rest?ingredere in vaginam tuam,Enter your sheath;refrigerare,be refreshedet sile.and silenced.

⁷Quomodo quiescet,But how can it find rest,cum Dominus præceperit ei adversus Ascalonem,when the Lord has ordered it against Ashkelonet adversus maritimas ejus regiones,and against its maritime regions,ibique condixerit illi?and when a task has been appointed to it there?”

⁷Quomodo quiescet,But how can it find rest,cum Dominus præceperit ei adversus Ascalonem,when the Lord has ordered it against Ashkelonet adversus maritimas ejus regiones,and against its maritime regions,ibique condixerit illi?and when a task has been appointed to it there?”