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Introduction: Poetic Oracle and Judgment Symbolism in Jeremiah 47:2 Jeremiah 47 begins a poetic oracle concerning the Philistines. Verse 2 introduces the divine speech that employs cataclysmic flood imagery to depict military invasion. The verse reads: כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה הִנֵּה־מַ֜יִם עֹלִ֤ים מִצָּפֹון֙ וְהָיוּ֙ לְנַ֣חַל שֹׁוטֵ֔ף וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ וּמְלֹואָ֔הּ עִ֖יר וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָ֑הּ וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙ הָֽאָדָ֔ם וְהֵילִ֕ל כֹּ֖ל יֹושֵׁ֥ב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ Thus says the LORD: Behold, waters are rising from the north, and they will become a flooding torrent; they will flood the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it.… Learn Hebrew