4. For the day has cometo destroy all the Philistinesand to remove all survivorswho could help Tyre and Sidon.The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
5. Gaza will shave her head in mourning;Ashkelon will be silenced.You remnant on the plain,how long will you cut yourselves?
6. ‘ “Alas, sword of the Lord,how long till you rest?Return to your sheath;cease and be still.”
7. But how can it restwhen the Lord has commanded it,when he has ordered itto attack Ashkelon and the coast?’