⁷^*They will no longer eat meat with blood in it, or other forbidden food. All the survivors will become part of my people and be like a clan in the tribe of Judah. Ekron will become part of my people, as the Jebusites^l did.

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Footnotes

ljebusites: The original inhabitants of Jerusalem, who became David’s subjects after he captured the city.

Cross references

*9.5–7: Ez 25:15–17; Jl 3:4–8; Am 1:6–8; Zep 2:4–7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I will take away its blood from its mouth,

and its abominations from between its teeth;

it too shall be a remnant for our God;

it shall be like a clan in Judah,

and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will take the blood from their mouths,

the forbidden food from between their teeth.

Those who are left will belong to our God

and become a clan in Judah,

and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will remove the blood from their mouths

and the abhorrent things

from between their teeth.

Then they too will become a remnant for our God;

they will become like a clan in Judah

and Ekron like the Jebusites.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths

and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth.

Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God

and become like a clan in Judah.

The Philistines of Ekron will join my people,

as the ancient Jebusites once did.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I will remove its blood from its mouth,

and its abominations from between its teeth.

And it too will be a remnant for our God;

and it will be like a tribal chief in Judah,

and Ekron will be like the Jebusite.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I will take away his blood out of his mouth,

And his abominations from between his teeth:

But he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God,

And he shall be as a governor in Judah,

And Ekron as a Jebusite.

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