⁴ on account of the day that is coming
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every remaining ally.^(A)
Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant of the islands of Caphtor.^[a](B)

⁷ Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to Me?^(A)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Didn’t I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor,^[a](B)
and the Arameans from Kir?^(C)