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Jeremiah 47:4-6
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4 The time has come when the Lord will destroy all the Philistines.
None of them will remain to give help to Tyre and Sidon.
The Lord is ready to destroy the Philistines who remain.
Those are the people who came from the island of Crete.[a]
5 The people of Gaza will cut the hair off their heads
because they are so upset.
In Ashkelon, nobody will say a word.
You Philistines who live near the sea and are still alive,
will you continue to cut your bodies?[b]
6 You shout to the Lord, “How long will you attack us with your sword?
Please stop killing us! Put your sword away!”

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Footnotes

  1. 47:4 The Philistines were enemies of Israel. They had come from the island of Crete. See Amos 9:7. They lived in the country west of Israel, near the Mediterranean Sea. Tyre and Sidon were cities on the coast. Now the Lord will use the armies of Babylon from the north, to destroy them.
  2. 47:5 The Philistines would cut themselves to show that they were sad or upset.
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