^(A)“For three transgressions of ^(B)Gaza,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^(C)they carried into exile a whole people
    to deliver them up to Edom.

^4 (A)For Gaza shall be deserted,
    and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
    and Ekron shall be uprooted.

²⁹ Rejoice not, ^(A)O Philistia, all of you,
    that ^(B)the rod that struck you is broken,
for from the serpent's root will come forth an adder,
    and its fruit will be a ^(C)flying fiery serpent.
³⁰ And the firstborn of ^(D)the poor will graze,
    and ^(E)the needy lie down in safety;
but I will kill your root with famine,
    and your remnant it will slay.
^31 (F)Wail, O ^(G)gate; cry out, O city;
    melt in fear, ^(H)O Philistia, all of you!
^(I)For smoke comes out of the north,
    and there is no straggler in his ranks.