Zephaniah 2:4-7

International Children’s Bible

Philistia Will Be Punished

⁴No 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.
⁵How 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.”
⁶You live in the land by the Mediterranean Sea.
    It will be a place for shepherds and sheep.
⁷Your land will belong to the descendants of Judah who are left alive.
    There they will let their sheep eat grass.
At night they will sleep
    in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will come to be with them.
    He will give them back their riches.