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because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
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God's Unstoppable Judgment
Commentators stress that this "day" of destruction is an appointment from God that cannot be avoided. As one scholar puts it, "Those whom God will spoil, must be spoiled." The prophecy shows that when God decrees judgment, He will remove every source of help, rendering human alliances with powerful cities like Tyre and Sidon completely useless. This serves as a reminder of God's ultimate sovereignty over nations.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Because of the day that comes to spoil – “Because” the day has come “to devastate.”
The Philistines are called Tyre’s remaining (that…
19th Century
Anglican
To cut off from Tyre and Sidon. —The two Phoenician cities are coupled with Philistia. Both, as occupying the seaboard of Palestin…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah shows now more clearly, and without a figure, his meaning: that destruction would come on the Philistines when their time was completed. H…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Because of the day that comes to spoil all the Philistines, etc.] The time appointed by the Lord for their destruction, w…
The Philistines had always been enemies to Israel; but the Chaldean army shall overflow their land like a deluge. Those whom God will spoil, must b…