Zep 2:5 | NET2full | STEP | Beware , you who live by the sea , the people who came from Crete . The Lord ’s message is against you, Canaan , land of the Philistines : “I will destroy everyone who lives there !”

‏ Zephaniah 2:5

5 Beware, you who live by the sea, the people who came from Crete. ^{▼▼tn Heb “Kerethites,” a people settled alongside the Philistines in the coastal areas of southern Palestine (cf. 1 Sam 30:14; Ezek 25:16). They originally came from the island of Crete.}
The Lord’s message is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines:
“I will destroy everyone who lives there!” ^{▼▼tn Heb “I will destroy you so there is no inhabitant [remaining].”}