Verse 4

For Gaza{H5804} shall be forsaken{H5800}{(H8803)}, and Ashkelon{H831} a desolation{H8077}: they shall drive out{H1644}{(H8762)} Ashdod{H795} at the noon day{H6672}, and Ekron{H6138} shall be rooted up{H6131}{(H8735)}.

Referenced Verses

• Zech 9:5-7 : 5 Ashkelon{H831} shall see{H7200}{(H8799)} it, and fear{H3372}{(H8799)}; Gaza{H5804} also shall see it, and be very{H3966} sorrowful{H2342}{(H8799)}, and Ekron{H6138}; for her expectation{H4007} shall be ashamed{H3001}{(H8689)}; and the king{H4428} shall perish{H6}{(H8804)} from Gaza{H5804}, and Ashkelon{H831} shall not be inhabited{H3427}{(H8799)}. 6 And a bastard{H4464} shall dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} in Ashdod{H795}, and I will cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} the pride{H1347} of the Philistines{H6430}. 7 And I will take away{H5493}{(H8689)} his blood{H1818} out of his mouth{H6310}, and his abominations{H8251} from between his teeth{H8127}: but he that remaineth{H7604}{(H8738)}, even he, shall be for our God{H430}, and he shall be as a governor{H441} in Judah{H3063}, and Ekron{H6138} as a Jebusite{H2983}.
• Amos 1:6-8 : 6 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Gaza{H5804}, and for four{H702}, I will not turn away{H7725}{(H8686)} the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive{H1540}{(H8687)} the whole{H8003} captivity{H1546}, to deliver them up{H5462}{(H8687)} to Edom{H123}: 7 But I will send{H7971}{(H8765)} a fire{H784} on the wall{H2346} of Gaza{H5804}, which shall devour{H398}{(H8804)} the palaces{H759} thereof: 8 And I will cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} the inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)} from Ashdod{H795}, and him that holdeth{H8551}{(H8802)} the sceptre{H7626} from Ashkelon{H831}, and I will turn{H7725}{(H8689)} mine hand{H3027} against Ekron{H6138}: and the remnant{H7611} of the Philistines{H6430} shall perish{H6}{(H8804)}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.
• Jer 6:4 : 4 Prepare{H6942}{(H8761)} ye war{H4421} against her; arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, and let us go up{H5927}{(H8799)} at noon{H6672}. Woe{H188} unto us! for the day{H3117} goeth away{H6437}{(H8804)}, for the shadows{H6752} of the evening{H6153} are stretched out{H5186}{(H8735)}.
• Jer 15:8 : 8 Their widows{H490} are increased{H6105}{(H8804)} to me above the sand{H2344} of the seas{H3220}: I have brought{H935}{(H8689)} upon them against the mother{H517} of the young men{H970} a spoiler{H7703}{(H8802)} at noonday{H6672}: I have caused him to fall{H5307}{(H8689)} upon it suddenly{H6597}, and terrors{H928} upon the city{H5892}.
• Jer 25:20 : 20 And all the mingled{H6153} people, and all the kings{H4428} of the land{H776} of Uz{H5780}, and all the kings{H4428} of the land{H776} of the Philistines{H6430}, and Ashkelon{H831}, and Azzah{H5804}, and Ekron{H6138}, and the remnant{H7611} of Ashdod{H795},
• Jer 47:1-7 : 1 The word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} that came to Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} against the Philistines{H6430}, before that Pharaoh{H6547} smote{H5221}{(H8686)} Gaza{H5804}. 2 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Behold, waters{H4325} rise up{H5927}{(H8802)} out of the north{H6828}, and shall be an overflowing{H7857}{(H8802)} flood{H5158}, and shall overflow{H7857}{(H8799)} the land{H776}, and all that is therein{H4393}; the city{H5892}, and them that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} therein: then the men{H120} shall cry{H2199}{(H8804)}, and all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} shall howl{H3213}{(H8689)}. 3 At the noise{H6963} of the stamping{H8161} of the hoofs{H6541} of his strong{H47} horses, at the rushing{H7494} of his chariots{H7393}, and at the rumbling{H1995} of his wheels{H1534}, the fathers{H1} shall not look back{H6437}{(H8689)} to their children{H1121} for feebleness{H7510} of hands{H3027}; 4 Because of the day{H3117} that cometh{H935}{(H8802)} to spoil{H7703}{(H8800)} all the Philistines{H6430}, and to cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} from Tyrus{H6865} and Zidon{H6721} every helper{H5826}{(H8802)} that remaineth{H8300}: for the LORD{H3068} will spoil{H7703}{(H8802)} the Philistines{H6430}, the remnant{H7611} of the country{H339} of Caphtor{H3731}. 5 Baldness{H7144} is come{H935}{(H8804)} upon Gaza{H5804}; Ashkelon{H831} is cut off{H1820}{(H8738)} with the remnant{H7611} of their valley{H6010}: how long wilt thou cut{H1413}{(H8704)} thyself? 6 O{H1945} thou sword{H2719} of the LORD{H3068}, how long will it be ere{H3808} thou be quiet{H8252}{(H8799)}? put up{H622}{(H8734)} thyself into thy scabbard{H8593}, rest{H7280}{(H8734)}, and be still{H1826}{(H8798)}. 7 How can it be quiet{H8252}{(H8799)}, seeing the LORD{H3068} hath given it a charge{H6680}{(H8765)} against Ashkelon{H831}, and against the sea{H3220} shore{H2348}? there hath he appointed{H3259}{(H8804)} it.
• Ezek 25:15-17 : 15 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Because the Philistines{H6430} have dealt{H6213}{(H8800)} by revenge{H5360}, and have taken{H5358}{(H8735)} vengeance{H5359} with a despiteful{H7589} heart{H5315}, to destroy{H4889} it for the old{H5769} hatred{H342}; 16 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Behold, I will stretch out{H5186}{(H8802)} mine hand{H3027} upon the Philistines{H6430}, and I will cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} the Cherethims{H3774}, and destroy{H6}{(H8689)} the remnant{H7611} of the sea{H3220} coast{H2348}. 17 And I will execute{H6213}{(H8804)} great{H1419} vengeance{H5360} upon them with furious{H2534} rebukes{H8433}; and they shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}, when I shall lay{H5414}{(H8800)} my vengeance{H5360} upon them.
• Ps 91:6 : 6 Nor for the pestilence{H1698} that walketh{H1980}{H8799)} in darkness{H652}; nor for the destruction{H6986} that wasteth{H7736}{H8799)} at noonday{H6672}.