⁸ I will also eliminate every inhabitant from ^(A)Ashdod,
As well as him who holds the scepter, from ^(B)Ashkelon;
And I will direct My ^[a]power against Ekron,
And the remnant of the ^(C)Philistines will perish,”
Says the Lord ^[b]God.

⁴ For ^(A)Gaza will be abandoned,
And Ashkelon will become a desolation;
The inhabitants of ^(B)Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
And ^(C)Ekron will be uprooted.