1. Gather together, yes, gather together,O shameless nation,
2. before the decree takes effect,before the day passes like chaff,before the fierce anger of the Lord comes upon you,before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you.
3. Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,who carry out His judgment.Seek righteousness, seek humility.Perhaps you will be hiddenon the day of the Lord’s anger.
4. For Gaza will be forsaken,and Ashkelon a desolation;Ashdod will be driven out at noon,and Ekron will be uprooted.
5. Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,the nation of Kerethites!The word of the Lord is against you,O Canaan, land of the Philistines: I will destroy you,so that there will be no inhabitant.
6. The seacoast will be pastures,with meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.