3. at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds, at the noise of enemy chariots and the rumble of their wheels. Parents will not turn to help their children; their hands will hang limp.
4. For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines and to remove all survivors who 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 rest when the Lord has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”