Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they
It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what sp
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not sat
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be ric
Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a
These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort y
Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to des
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompe
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ex