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⚠️ The Chinese and English alongside are the CUV and the WEB, both translated from the Masoretic Text; they follow a different textual tradition from the Greek and Latin shown here and will disagree in places.
Yahweh says: “Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, and will overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein. The men will cry, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail.
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don’t look back for their children because their hands are so feeble,
because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
And there came to Godolias at Massepha: Ismael son of Nathanias, and Ioanan son of Karee, and Saraias son of Thanaemeth, and the sons of Ophe the Netophathite, and Iezonias son of the Mochathite — they and their men.
And Godolias swore to them and to their men, saying: Do not fear before the face of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be better for you.
And behold, I dwell before you at Massepha, to stand before the face of the Chaldeans who may come against you. But as for you, gather wine and summer fruit, and gather oil, and put them into your vessels, and dwell in the cities which you have taken possession of.
And all the Judeans who were in the land of Moab and among the sons of Ammon and those in Idumea and those in all the land heard that the king of Babylon had given a remnant to Judah, and that he had appointed over them Godolias son of Achikam.
And they said to him: Do you indeed know that Belisa king of the sons of Ammon has sent Ismael to you to strike down your soul? But Godolias did not believe them.
And Ioanan said to Godolias secretly in Massepha: Let me go and strike down Ismael, and let no one know it — lest he strike down your soul, and all Judah who are gathered to you be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish.