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The People of Philistia

This is what the Lord says:

“For the many crimes Gaza is doing,
    I will punish them.
They sold all the people of one area
    as slaves to Edom.
So I will send a fire on the walls of Gaza.
    That fire will destroy the city’s strong towers.
I will destroy the king of the city of Ashdod.
    I will destroy the king of the city of Ashkelon.
Then I will turn against the people of the city of Ekron.
    I will punish the Philistines until they are all dead,” says the Lord God.

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This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Gaza,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she took captive whole communities
    and sold them to Edom,(C)
I will send fire on the walls of Gaza
    that will consume her fortresses.
I will destroy the king[a] of Ashdod(D)
    and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand(E) against Ekron,
    till the last of the Philistines(F) are dead,”(G)
says the Sovereign Lord.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:8 Or inhabitants

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

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