^5 (A)Baldness has come upon Gaza;
    ^(B)Ashkelon has perished.
O remnant of their valley,
    ^(C)how long will you gash yourselves?

⁸ I will cut off the inhabitants from ^(A)Ashdod,
    and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
    and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
says the Lord God.

^4 (A)For Gaza shall be deserted,
    and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
    and Ekron shall be uprooted.