Isaiah 14:29-31
New American Standard Bible 1995
Judgment on Philistia
29 “Do not rejoice, O (A)Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that (B)struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a (C)viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a (D)flying serpent.
30 “[a]Those who are most (E)helpless will eat,
And the needy will lie down in security;
I will [b]destroy your root with (F)famine,
And it will kill off your survivors.
31 “Wail, O (G)gate; cry, O city;
[c]Melt away, O (H)Philistia, all of you;
For smoke comes from the (I)north,
And (J)there is no straggler in his ranks.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:30 Lit The firstborn of the helpless
- Isaiah 14:30 Lit put to death
- Isaiah 14:31 Or Become demoralized
Jeremiah 47
New American Standard Bible 1995
Prophecy against Philistia
47 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the (A)Philistines, before Pharaoh [a]conquered (B)Gaza. 2 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, waters are going to rise from (C)the north
And become an overflowing torrent,
And (D)overflow the land and all its fullness,
The city and those who live in it;
And the men will (E)cry out,
And every inhabitant of the land will wail.
3 “Because of the noise of the [b](F)galloping hoofs of his [c]stallions,
The tumult of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers have not turned back for their children,
Because of the limpness of their hands,
4 On account of the day that is coming
To (G)destroy all the Philistines,
To cut off from (H)Tyre and Sidon
Every ally that is left;
For the Lord is going to destroy the Philistines,
The remnant of the coastland of (I)Caphtor.
5 “(J)Baldness has come upon Gaza;
(K)Ashkelon has been ruined.
O remnant of their valley,
How long will you (L)gash yourself?
6 “Ah, (M)sword of the Lord,
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Be at rest and stay still.
7 “How can [d]it be quiet,
When the Lord has (N)given it an order?
Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast—
There He has (O)assigned it.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:1 Lit smote
- Jeremiah 47:3 Lit stamping of the
- Jeremiah 47:3 Lit mighty ones
- Jeremiah 47:7 Lit you
Ezekiel 25:15-17
New American Standard Bible 1995
Philistia
15 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because the Philistines have acted in (A)revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity,” 16 therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will (B)stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the (C)Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. 17 I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will (D)know that I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance on them.”’”
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Amos 1:6-8
New American Standard Bible 1995
6 Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of (A)Gaza and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they deported an entire population
To (B)deliver it up to Edom.
7 “So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza
And it will consume her citadels.
8 “I will also cut off the inhabitant from (C)Ashdod,
And him who holds the scepter, from (D)Ashkelon;
I will even [a]unleash My [b]power upon Ekron,
And the remnant of the (E)Philistines will perish,”
Says the Lord [c]God.
Zechariah 9:5-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.
Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6 And a [a]mongrel race will dwell in (A)Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7 And I will remove their blood from their mouth
And their detestable things from between their teeth.
Then they also will be a remnant for our God,
And be like a [b]clan in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:6 Lit bastard will
- Zechariah 9:7 Or chief
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