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I will send a fire on the walls of Gaza
    and burn down its palaces.
I will cut off those living in Ashdod
    and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
    I will turn my power against Ekron.
    The rest of the Philistines will die.

Adonay Yahweh has said this.

Tyre Will Be Judged for Its Crimes

This is what Yahweh says:

Because Tyre has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime,
    I will not change my plans.
        The Tyrians have handed all the people over to the Edomites.
            The Tyrians didn’t remember their treaty with their relatives.

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I will send fire on the walls of Gaza
    that will consume her fortresses.
I will destroy the king[a] of Ashdod(A)
    and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand(B) against Ekron,
    till the last of the Philistines(C) are dead,”(D)
says the Sovereign Lord.(E)

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Tyre,(F)
    even for four, I will not relent.(G)
Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,
    disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:8 Or inhabitants