⁴ Gaza^(A) will be abandoned
    and Ashkelon^(B) left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
    and Ekron uprooted.
⁵ Woe to you who live by the sea,
    you Kerethite^(C) people;
the word of the Lord is against you,^(D)
    Canaan, land of the Philistines.
He says, “I will destroy you,
    and none will be left.”^(E)
6 The land by the sea will become pastures
    having wells for shepherds
    and pens for flocks.^(F)
7 That land will belong
    to the remnant^(G) of the people of Judah;
    there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
    in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
    he will restore their fortunes.^[a](H)

⁸ “I have heard the insults^(I) of Moab^(J)
    and the taunts of the Ammonites,^(K)
who insulted^(L) my people
    and made threats against their land.^(M)
9 Therefore, as surely as I live,”
    declares the Lord Almighty,
    the God of Israel,
“surely Moab^(N) will become like Sodom,^(O)
    the Ammonites^(P) like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
    a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder^(Q) them;
    the survivors^(R) of my nation will inherit their land.^(S)”

¹² “You Cushites,^[b](AA) too,
    will be slain by my sword.^(AB)”

¹³ He will stretch out his hand against the north
    and destroy Assyria,^(AC)
leaving Nineveh^(AD) utterly desolate
    and dry as the desert.^(AE)
14 Flocks and herds^(AF) will lie down there,
    creatures of every kind.
The desert owl^(AG) and the screech owl^(AH)
    will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
    rubble will fill the doorways,
    the beams of cedar will be exposed.
¹⁵ This is the city of revelry^(AI)
    that lived in safety.^(AJ)
She said to herself,
    “I am the one! And there is none besides me.”^(AK)
What a ruin she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!^(AL)
All who pass by her scoff^(AM)
    and shake their fists.^(AN)