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Punishment for the Philistines

This is what the Lord says: “I will definitely punish the people of Gaza[a] for the many crimes they did. They took an entire nation of people and sent them as slaves to Edom. So I will start a fire at the wall of Gaza that will destroy the high towers in Gaza. And I will destroy the one who sits on the throne in Ashdod. I will destroy the king who holds the scepter in Ashkelon. I will punish the people of Ekron.[b] Then the Philistines who are still left alive will die.” This is what the Lord God said.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:6 Gaza An important city of the Philistines.
  2. Amos 1:8 Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron Important cities of the Philistines.

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Gaza,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she took captive whole communities
    and sold them to Edom,(C)
I will send fire on the walls of Gaza
    that will consume her fortresses.
I will destroy the king[a] of Ashdod(D)
    and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand(E) against Ekron,
    till the last of the Philistines(F) are dead,”(G)
says the Sovereign Lord.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:8 Or inhabitants