^(A)“For three transgressions of ^(B)Gaza,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^(C)they carried into exile a whole people
    to deliver them up to Edom.

^5 (A)Baldness has come upon Gaza;
    ^(B)Ashkelon has perished.
O remnant of their valley,
    ^(C)how long will you gash yourselves?

^4 (A)For Gaza shall be deserted,
    and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
    and Ekron shall be uprooted.

^5 (A)Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
    Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
    Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
    Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;