5. Gaza will shave its head in mourning.Ashkelon will be destroyed.How long will you cut yourselves, you people left on the plains?
6. You cry out, “Sword of the Lord,how long will you keep on fighting?Go back into your scabbard.Stay there and rest!”
7. How can the sword of the Lord rest?The Lord has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast.He has put it there.