18 And Judah took (A)Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

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20 and to all the (A)foreign [a]people, all the kings of the (B)land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the (C)Philistines (that is, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of (D)Ashdod);

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:20 Or mercenaries

So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza
And it will consume her citadels.
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.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:8 Lit hand
  2. Amos 1:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

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.

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And the coast will be
For the (A)remnant of the house of Judah,
They will (B)drive sheep to pasture on it.
In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;
For the Lord their God will (C)care for them
And (D)restore their fortunes.

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Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.
Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, because her hope has been ruined.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

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