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For Gazzah shall become forsaken ,
and Ashkelon a desolate place :
Ashdod shall they drive out at the noon of day ,
and Ekron shall be rooted up .
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Woe unto the inhabitants of the district by the sea ,
the nation of the Kerethites !
the word of the Lord is against you ,
O Canaan ,
the land of the Philistines ,
I will even destroy thee ,
that no inhabitant shall remain .
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And the district by the sea shall become places for pens of shepherds ,
and folds for flocks .
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And this district shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah ;
thereupon shall they feed their flocks :
in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening ;
for the Lord their God will think of them ,
and bring back their captivity .
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I have heard the reproach of Moab ,
and the revilings of the children of
Ammon ,
wherewith they have reproached my people ,
and made themselves great against their border .
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Therefore as I live ,
saith the Lord of hosts ,
the God of Israel ,
Surely Moab shall become like Sodom ,
and the children of
Ammon like Gomorrah ,
overgrown with nettles ,
and salt
pits ,
and a desolation to eternity ;
the residue of my people shall plunder them ,
and the remnant of my nation shall possess them .
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This shall they have in recompense for their pride ;
because they have reproached and made themselves great against the people of the Lord of hosts .
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Terrible will the Lord over them ;
for he will cause to vanish all the gods of the earth ;
and then shall prostrate themselves before him ,
every one from its place ,
all the isles of the nations .
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Also ye Ethiopians shall be those slain by my sword .
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And he will stretch out his hand against the north ,
and destroy Assyria ;
and he will make Nineveh a desolate place ,
dry ,
like the wilderness .
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And there shall lie down in the midst of her flocks ,
all the beasts of the nations ;
both the pelican and the hedgehog shall lodge in the capitals of her columns ;
singing
birds shall sing in the windows ;
ruin shall be on the thresholds ;
for the cedar wainscoting shall be torn away .
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This is the joyful city that dwelt in security ,
that said in her heart ,
I am ,
and there is none else beside me :
how is she become desolate ,
a resting
place for beasts !
Every one that passeth by her will hiss ,
and shake his hand .