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- Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff,
- Before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you,
- Before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you.
- Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth,
- Which have wrought his judgment;
- Seek righteousness, seek meekness:
- It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.
- For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation:
- They shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
- Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites!
- The word of the Lord is against you;
- O Canaan, the land of the Philistines,
- I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
- And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
- And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah;
- They shall feed thereupon:
- In the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening:
- For the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
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