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Jeremiah 47:4

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47:4For the time has come

to destroy all the Philistines.

The time has come to destroy all the help

that remains for Tyre5 and Sidon.6

For I, the Lord, will7 destroy the Philistines,

that remnant that came from the island of Crete.8

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Footnotes

  1. 5 For location see ; ; ; ; .
  2. 6 For location see ; ; .
  3. 7 Heb “For the Lord will.” The first person style has been adopted because the Lord is speaking (cf. v. 2).
  4. 8 All the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon and that remnant that came from the island of Crete appear to be two qualifying phrases that refer to the Philistines, the last with regard to their origin and the first with regard to the fact that they were allies that Tyre and Sidon depended on. “Crete” is literally “Caphtor” which is generally identified with the island of Crete. The Philistines had come from there (Amos 9:7) in the wave of migration from the Aegean Islands during the twelfth and eleventh century and had settled on the Philistine plain after having been repulsed from trying to enter Egypt.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

because of the day that is coming to destroy

all the Philistines,

to cut off from Tyre and Sidon

every helper that remains.

For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,

the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For the day has come

to destroy all the Philistines

and to remove all survivors

who could help Tyre and Sidon.

The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,

the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

on account of the day that is coming

to destroy all the Philistines,

to cut off from Tyre and Sidon

every remaining ally.

Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,

the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

NLTNew Living Translation

“The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed,

along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon.

Yes, the Lord is destroying the remnant of the Philistines,

those colonists from the island of Crete.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Because of the day that is coming

to destroy all the Philistines,

to cut off from Tyre and from Sidon

every survivor who could help,

for Yahweh is destroying the Philistines,

the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

KJV 1900King James Version

Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,

And to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth:

For the Lord will spoil the Philistines,

The remnant of the country of Caphtor.