4. On account of the day that is coming To destroy all the Philistines, To cut off from Tyre and Sidon Every ally that is left; For the Lord is going to destroy the Philistines, The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
5. "Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has been ruined. O remnant of their valley, How long will you gash yourself?
6. "Ah, sword of the Lord, How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; Be at rest and stay still.
7. "How can it be quiet, When the Lord has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast- There He has assigned it."