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They will hear the sound of the running horses.
    They will hear the noisy chariots.
    They will hear the rumbling chariot wheels.
Fathers will not help their children to safety.
    Those fathers will be too weak to help.
The time has come
    to destroy all the Philistines.
It’s time to destroy all who are left alive
    who could help Tyre and Sidon.
The Lord will soon destroy the Philistines.
    He will destroy those left alive from the island of Crete.
The people from Gaza will be sad and shave their heads.
    The people from Ashkelon will be made silent.
Those left alive from the valley,
    how long will you cut yourselves?[a]

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  1. 47:5 sad and . . . yourselves? The people did these things to show their sadness.

at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
    at the noise of enemy chariots(A)
    and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
    their hands will hang limp.(B)
For the day has come
    to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
    who could help Tyre(C) and Sidon.(D)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,(E)
    the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.[a](F)
Gaza will shave(G) her head in mourning;
    Ashkelon(H) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
    how long will you cut(I) yourselves?

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  1. Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete