2 and also against Hamath,b which borders it,

as well as Tyrec and Sidon,d

though they are very shrewd.

3 Tyre has built herself a fortress;

she has heaped up silver like dust

and gold like the dirt of the streets.

4 Listen! The Lord will impoverish her

and cast her wealth into the sea;

she herself will be consumed by fire.e

5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;

Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain,

as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.

There will cease to be a king in Gaza,

and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.

6 A mongrel people will live in Ashdod,

and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.f

7 I will remove the blood from their mouths

and the abhorrent thingsg

from between their teeth.

Then they too will become a remnant for our God;

they will become like a clan in Judah

and Ekron like the Jebusites.h

8 I will encamp at my house as a guard,

against those who march back and forth,

and no oppressor will march against them again,

for now I have seen with my own eyes.