Jeremiah Chapter 47

A prophecy of the desolation of the Philistines, of Tyre, Sidon, Gaza, and Ascalon.

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the people of Palestine, before Pharao took Gaza.

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 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 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 is come upon Gaza: Ascalon hath held her peace with the remnant of their valley: how long shalt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
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?

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam prophetam contra Palæstinos, antequam percuteret Pharao Gazam.

2 Hæc dicit Dominus:
Ecce aquæ ascendunt ab aquilone,
et erunt quasi torrens inundans,
et operient terram et plenitudinem ejus,
urbem et habitatores ejus.
Clamabunt homines,
et ululabunt omnes habitatores terræ,
3 a strepitu pompæ armorum, et bellatorum ejus,
a commotione quadrigarum ejus, et multitudine rotarum illius.
Non respexerunt patres filios manibus dissolutis,
4 pro adventu diei in quo vastabuntur omnes Philisthiim,
et dissipabitur Tyrus et Sidon
cum omnibus reliquis auxiliis suis:
depopulatus est enim Dominus Palæstinos,
reliquias insulæ Cappadociæ.
5 Venit calvitium super Gazam;
conticuit Ascalon, et reliquiæ vallis earum:
usquequo concideris?
6 O mucro Domini, usquequo non quiesces?
ingredere in vaginam tuam,
refrigerare, et sile.
7 Quomodo quiescet,
cum Dominus præceperit ei adversus Ascalonem,
et adversus maritimas ejus regiones,
ibique condixerit illi?

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