Isaiah 14:29-31

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²⁹Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,^(A)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,^(B)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.^(C)
³⁰The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy^(D) will lie down in safety.^(E)
But your root I will destroy by famine;^(F)
    it will slay^(G) your survivors.^(H)

³¹Wail,^(I) you gate!^(J) Howl, you city!
Melt away, all you Philistines!^(K)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,^(L)
and there is not a straggler in its ranks.^(M)

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Jeremiah 47

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A Message About the Philistines

47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines^(A) before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:^(B)

²This is what the Lord says:

“See how the waters are rising in the north;^(C)
    they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
    the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
    all who dwell in the land will wail^(D)
³at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
    at the noise of enemy chariots^(E)
    and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
    their hands will hang limp.^(F)
⁴For the day has come
    to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
    who could help Tyre^(G) and Sidon.^(H)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,^(I)
    the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.^[a]^(J)
⁵Gaza will shave^(K) her head in mourning;
    Ashkelon^(L) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
    how long will you cut^(M) yourselves?

⁶“‘Alas, sword^(N) of the Lord,
    how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
    cease and be still.’^(O)
⁷But how can it rest
    when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
    to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”^(P)

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Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete

Amos 1:6-8

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⁶This 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)
⁷I will send fire on the walls of Gaza
    that will consume her fortresses.
⁸I 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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Amos 1:8 Or inhabitants

Zephaniah 2:4-7

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Philistia

⁴Gaza^(A) will be abandoned
    and Ashkelon^(B) left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
    and Ekron uprooted.
⁵Woe to you who live by the sea,
    you Kerethite^(C) people;
the word of the Lord is against you,^(D)
    Canaan, land of the Philistines.
He says, “I will destroy you,
    and none will be left.”^(E)
⁶The land by the sea will become pastures
    having wells for shepherds
    and pens for flocks.^(F)
⁷That land will belong
    to the remnant^(G) of the people of Judah;
    there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
    in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
    he will restore their fortunes.^[a]^(H)

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Zephaniah 2:7 Or will bring back their captives

Zechariah 9:5-7

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⁵Ashkelon^(A) will see it and fear;
    Gaza will writhe in agony,
    and Ekron too, for her hope will wither.
Gaza will lose her king
    and Ashkelon will be deserted.
⁶A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod,
    and I will put an end^(B) to the pride of the Philistines.
⁷I will take the blood from their mouths,
    the forbidden food from between their teeth.
Those who are left will belong to our God^(C)
    and become a clan in Judah,
    and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.^(D)