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They will hear the sound of running horses,
    the noisy chariots, the rumbling wheels.
Fathers will not be able to protect their children.
    They will be too weak to help,
because the time has come to destroy all the Philistines.
    The time has come to destroy Tyre and Sidon’s remaining helpers.
The Lord will destroy the Philistines,
    the survivors from the Island of Crete.[a]
The people from Gaza will be sad and shave their heads.
    The people from Ashkelon will be silenced.
    Survivors from the valley, how long will you cut yourselves?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 47:4 Island of Crete Literally, “Island of Caphtor.” Sometimes this means Crete, and sometimes it means Cyprus. The Bible says the Philistines originally came from Caphtor.
  2. Jeremiah 47:5 sad … cut yourselves The people did these things to show their sadness.

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