Zephaniah 2:4-6

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⁴For Gaza shall be deserted,
and Ash′kelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.

⁵Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast,
    you nation of the Cher′ethites!
The word of the Lord is against you,
    O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
    and I will destroy you till no inhabitant is left.
⁶And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures,
    meadows for shepherds
    and folds for flocks.

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