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Hear the clatter of stallions’ hooves
    and the rumble of wheels as the chariots rush by.
Terrified fathers run madly,
    without a backward glance at their helpless children.

“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.[a]
Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved bald;
    Ashkelon will lie silent.
You remnant from the Mediterranean coast,[b]
    how long will you cut yourselves in mourning?

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  1. 47:4 Hebrew from Caphtor.
  2. 47:5 Hebrew the plain.

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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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete