Jer 47:4 | NETfull | STEP | For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon. For I, the Lord , will destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete.

Jeremiah 47:4

4 For the time has come
to destroy all the Philistines.
The time has come to destroy all the help
that remains for Tyre ^{▼▼ For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; Journey of Paul map 3-F3; Journey of Paul map 4-F3.} and Sidon. ^{▼▼ For location see Map1-A1; Journey of Paul map 3-F3; Journey of Paul map 4-F3.}
For I, the Lord, will ^{▼▼ Heb “For the Lord will.” The first person style has been adopted because the Lord is speaking (cf. v. 2).} destroy the Philistines,
that remnant that came from the island of Crete. ^{▼▼ 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.}