3aSeek the Lord, ball you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. cIt may be that you will be hidden In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Judgment on Nations
4 For aGaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod bat noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to the inhabitants of athe seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lordis against you, O bCanaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you; So there shall be no inhabitant.”
6 The seacoast shall be pastures, With1 shelters for shepherds aand folds for flocks.
7 The coast shall be for athe remnant of the house of Judah; They shall feed their flocks there; In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will bintervene for them, And creturn their captives.
8 “Ia have heard the reproach of Moab, And bthe insults of the people of Ammon, With which they have reproached My people, And cmade arrogant threats against their borders.
9 Therefore, as I live,” Says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Surely aMoab shall be like Sodom, And bthe people of Ammon like Gomorrah— cOverrun1 with weeds and saltpits, And a1 perpetual desolation. The residue of My people shall plunder them, And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”
inhabitants of the seacoast—the Philistines dwelling on the strip of seacoast southwest of Canaan. Literally, the "cord" or "line" of sea (compare Jeremiah 47:7; Ezekiel 25:16).
the Cherethites—the Cretans, a name applied to the Philistines as sprung from Crete (Deuteronomy 2:23; Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7). Philistine means "an emigrant."
Canaan . . . land of the Philistines—They occupied the southwest of Canaan (Joshua 13:2-3); a name which hints that they are doomed to the same destruction as the early occupants of the land.
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