The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Gaza(A)
for three crimes, even four,
because they exiled a whole community,
handing them over to Edom.
Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,
and it will consume its citadels.
I will cut off the ruler from Ashdod,(B)
and the one who wields the scepter from Ashkelon.(C)
I will also turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remainder of the Philistines(D) will perish.
The Lord God has spoken.

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Judgment against the Nations

For Gaza will be abandoned,
and Ashkelon will become a ruin.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be uprooted.(A)
Woe, inhabitants of the seacoast,
nation of the Cherethites![a](B)
The word of the Lord is against you,(C)
Canaan, land of the Philistines:
I will destroy you until there is no one left.(D)
The seacoast will become pasturelands
with caves for shepherds and pens for sheep.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 = Sea Peoples

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