⁷ “Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites^[a]?”^(A)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines^(B) from Caphtor^[b](C)
    and the Arameans from Kir?^(D)

⁴ For the day has come
    to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
    who could help Tyre^(A) and Sidon.^(B)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,^(C)
    the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.^[a](D)

⁵ Ashkelon^(A) will see it and fear;
    Gaza will writhe in agony,
    and Ekron too, for her hope will wither.
Gaza will lose her king
    and Ashkelon will be deserted.