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# For the day is coming that will devastate all of the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre

This speaks of a day as if it were something that travels and arrives in a place. Alternate translation: "For on that day, the enemy army will devastate all of the Philistines and cut off from Tyre" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every survivor who wants to help them

Removing someone is spoken of as if they were cut off the way a person may cut a branch from a tree or a piece of cloth from a garment. Alternate translation: "to remove anyone who may want to help Tyre and Sidon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# Caphtor

This is the name of an island of the northern region of the Philistines. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])