4. For Gaza shall be deserted,and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon,and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5. Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast,you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines;and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left.
6. And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures,with meadows for shepherdsand folds for flocks.
7. The seacoast shall become the possessionof the remnant of the house of Judah, on which they shall graze,and in the houses of Ashkelonthey shall lie down at evening.For the Lord their God will be mindful of themand restore their fortunes.