3. They will hear the sound of galloping war horses,the rattling of enemy chariots,and the rumbling of their wheels.Fathers who lack courage abandon their children.
4. The time has come to destroy all the Philistines,to cut off from Tyre and Sidon any Philistinewho might have escaped to get help.The Lord will destroy the Philistinesand anyone who is left from the island of Crete.
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.