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A Message About Philistia

Gaza will be deserted.
    Ashkelon will be destroyed.
Ashdod will be emptied out at noon.
    Ekron will be pulled up by its roots.
How terrible it will be for you Kerethites
    who live by the Mediterranean Sea!
Philistia, the Lord has spoken against you.
    What happened to Canaan will happen to you.

The Lord says, “I will destroy you.
    No one will be left.”

The land by the sea will become grasslands.
    It will have wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.

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Philistia

Gaza(A) will be abandoned
    and Ashkelon(B) left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
    and Ekron uprooted.
Woe 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)
The land by the sea will become pastures
    having wells for shepherds
    and pens for flocks.(F)

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