⁸ I will destroy the king^[a] of Ashdod^(A)
    and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand^(B) against Ekron,
    till the last of the Philistines^(C) are dead,”^(D)
says the Sovereign Lord.^(E)

⁹ Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod^(A)
    and to the fortresses of Egypt:
“Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;^(B)
    see the great unrest within her
    and the oppression among her people.”