Amos 1:6-8

New International Reader's Version

“The people of Gaza have sinned again and again.
    So I will judge them.
They captured whole communities.
    They sold them to Edom.
⁷ So I will send fire to destroy the walls of Gaza.
    It will burn up its forts.
⁸ I will kill the king of Ashdod.
    He holds the ruler’s scepter in Ashkelon.
I will use my power against Ekron.
    Every single Philistine will die,”
    says the Lord and King.