I will not relent from punishing Gaza^(A)
for three crimes, even four,
because they exiled a whole community,
handing them over to Edom.
⁷ Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,
and it will consume its citadels.
⁸ 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.

⁵ Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;
Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain,
as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.
There will cease to be a king in Gaza,
and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.
⁶ A mongrel people will live in Ashdod,
and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.^(A)
7 I will remove the blood from their mouths
and the abhorrent things^(B)
from between their teeth.
Then they too will become a remnant for our God;
they will become like a clan in Judah
and Ekron like the Jebusites.^(C)