6 This is what Jehovah says,

‘“For three revolts of Gazʹa,+ and for four, I will not reverse it,

Because they took a whole group of exiles+ to hand them over to Eʹdom.

 7 So I will send a fire onto the wall of Gazʹa,+

And it will consume her fortified towers.

 8 I will destroy the inhabitants from Ashʹdod,+

And the one ruling* from Ashʹke·lon;+

I will turn my hand against Ekʹron,+

And the remaining Phi·lisʹtines will perish,”+ says the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.’

 4 For Gazʹa will be an abandoned city;

And Ashʹke·lon will be desolated.+

Ashʹdod will be driven away in broad daylight,*

And Ekʹron will be uprooted.+

 5 Ashʹke·lon will see it and be afraid;

Gazʹa will feel great anguish,

Also Ekʹron, because her hope is put to shame.

A king will perish from Gazʹa,

And Ashʹke·lon will not be inhabited.+