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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:20 Or mixed multitude

“So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza
And it will consume her citadels.
“I will also cut off the inhabitant from (A)Ashdod,
And him who holds the scepter, from (B)Ashkelon;
I will even [a]unleash My [b]power upon Ekron,
And the remnant of the (C)Philistines will perish,”
Says the Lord [c]God.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:8 Lit cause to return
  2. Amos 1:8 Lit hand
  3. Amos 1:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

For (A)Gaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;
(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)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 fortune.

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

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