1. Gather together,you unwanted people.
2. Do it before it’s too late.Do it before you are blown away like chaff.Do it before the Lord’s terrible anger reaches you.Do it before the day of the Lord’s anger comes to you.
3. All you who are not proud, come to the Lord.You who obey his laws, come to him.Do what is right. Learn to be humble.Maybe you will escapeon the day the Lord shows his anger.
4. No one will be left in the city of Gaza.The city of Ashkelon will be destroyed.Ashdod will be empty by noon.And the people of Ekron will be chased away.
5. How terrible it will be for you who live by the Mediterranean Sea,you Philistines!This message from the Lord is for you,people of Canaan, land of the Philistines.“I will destroy you.No one will be left.”
6. You live in the land by the Mediterranean Sea.It will be a place for shepherds and sheep.