Amos 1:8

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Summary

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.

I will cut

Isaiah 20:1

Jeremiah 47:5

Ezekiel 25:16

And the

General references

Zechariah 9:6

Bible References

I will cut

In the year that the

commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it,

“Baldness has come upon Gaza;

Ashkelon has been ruined.

O remnant of their valley,
How long will you gash yourself?

therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

And the

“Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a flying serpent.

On account of the day that is coming
To destroy all the Philistines,
To cut off from Tyre and Sidon
Every ally that is left;
For the Lord is going to destroy the Philistines,
The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

For Gaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;

Ashdod will be driven out at noon

And Ekron will be uprooted.

General references

And a mongrel race will dwell in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.