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    The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning,
        for Ashkelon is no more.
    You who remain in the valley,
        how long will you cut yourselves in grief?

You cry out, “O sword of the Eternal, when will you stop?
    Return to your sheath, rest from your destruction, and be still!”
But how can His sword be still
    when the Eternal has given it a direct order?
For Ashkelon and those along the coast will be no more!

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