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I will cut off the inhabitant (A)from Ashdod,
And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will (B)turn My hand against Ekron,
And (C)the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
Says the Lord God.

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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


“And I will cut off and destroy the inhabitants from Ashdod,
And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon;
And I will unleash My power and turn My hand [in judgment] against Ekron,
And the rest of the Philistines [in Gath and the towns dependent on these four Philistine cities] shall die,”
Says the Lord God.(A)

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:8 Or inhabitants

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

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