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Zephaniah 2:5

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KJV ORIGINAL

Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

This is bad news for everyone living along the coast — you Philistines and all the people in that region. God has spoken against you, and it's serious. He's saying he'll completely wipe out your land until no one's left there.

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When God sets boundaries, crossing them has real consequences.

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Today the LORD will hand you over to me, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. I will give the dead bodies of the Philistine army to the birds and wild animals, so that everyone on earth will know that there is a God in Israel.

Fear spread through the entire Philistine army—those in camp, those out in the field, and everyone else. Even the garrison soldiers and the raiding parties were terrified, and the ground shook with an earthquake. It was an overwhelming panic that gripped everyone.

Because the day is coming when all the Philistines will be completely destroyed, and Tyre and Sidon will lose every ally they have left. The LORD is going to wipe out the Philistines — everyone who's left from their original homeland of Caphtor.

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