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1 Before the king of Egypt attacked the town of Gaza, the LORD told me to say to the Philistines:
2 I, the LORD, tell you that your land will be flooded with an army from the north. It will destroy your towns and sweep you away, moaning and screaming.
3 When you hear the thunder of horses and chariots, your courage will vanish, and parents will abandon their own children.
4 You refugees from Crete, your time has now come, and I will destroy you. None of you will be left to help the cities of Tyre and Sidon. *
5 The Anakim who survive in Gaza and Ashkelon will mourn for you by shaving their heads and sitting in silence.
6 You ask how long will I continue to attack you with my sword, then you tell me to put it away and leave you alone.
7 But how can my sword rest, when I have commanded it to attack Ashkelon and the seacoast?
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