Zeph.2.4

Zephaniah 2:4

KJV

¶ For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

Judgment on the Philistines

Cross References

Isaiah 14:29

KJV GOD

¶ Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

Philistia Will Be Destroyed

Judgment on Philistia

Jeremiah 6:4

KJV

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Jerusalem’s Final Warning

Jeremiah 47:1

KJV

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

Judgment on the Philistines

Jeremiah 47:5

KJV GOD

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

Judgment on the Philistines

Amos 1:6

KJV GOD

¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

Amos 1:7

KJV GOD

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

Amos 1:8

KJV GOD

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

Zechariah 9:5

KJV

Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

The Burden against Israel’s Enemies

Zechariah 9:6

KJV GOD

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.