2 Also against ^aHamath, which borders on it,
And against ^bTyre and ^cSidon, though they are very ^dwise. ‡

3 For Tyre built herself a tower,
Heaped up silver like the dust,
And gold like the mire of the streets.

5 Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And ^aEkron, for He dried up her expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. ‡

6 “A¹ mixed race shall settle ^ain Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the ^bPhilistines. ‡