<p class="poetry">So I will set Gaza&#8217;s city wall<n id="1" /> on fire;p> <p class="poetry">fire<n id="2" /> will consume her fortresses.p>

<p class="poetry">A gift given<n id="1" /> in secret subdues<n id="2" /> anger,p> <p class="poetry">and a bribe given secretly<n id="3" /> subdues<n id="4" /> strong wrath.<n id="5" />p>

As for the Avvites<n id="1" /> who lived in settlements as far west as Gaza, Caphtorites<n id="2" /> who came from Crete<n id="3" /> destroyed them and settled down in their place.)p>

Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The descendants of Merari:p> <p class="bodytext">Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

<p class="poetry">The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning.p> <p class="poetry">The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb.p> <p class="poetry">How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you who remain of Philistia&#8217;s power?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He is as bright as lightning;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a two-pronged lightning bolt flashes from his hand.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">This is the outward display of his power.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> Gaza will be deserted<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and Ekron will be overthrown.<n id="5" />p>

and the borders of Canaan extended<n id="1" /> from Sidon<n id="2" /> all the way to<n id="3" /> Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to<n id="4" /> Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt<n id="1" /> and the border at the Mediterranean Sea.<n id="2" />p>

The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory surrounding each of these cities.<n id="1" />p>

They invaded the land<n id="1" /> and devoured<n id="2" /> its crops<n id="3" /> all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat,<n id="4" /> and they took away<n id="5" /> the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

<p class="bodytext">David was angry because the <sc>Lordsc> attacked<n id="1" /> Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah,<n id="2" /> which remains its name to this very day.

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower to the city fortress.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Set me like a cylinder seal<n id="1" /> over your heart,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">like a signet<n id="3" /> on your arm.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For love is as strong as death,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">passion<n id="6" /> is as unrelenting<n id="7" /> as Sheol.p> <p class="poetry">Its flames burst forth,<n id="8" />p> <p class="poetry">it is a blazing flame.<n id="9" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke to the prophet Jeremiah<n id="1" /> about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and fortifies her elevated stronghold,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will send destroyers against her,&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.p> <p class="poetry">The east wind<n id="1" /> dried up its fruit;p> <p class="poetry">its strong branches broke off and withered &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a fire consumed them.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">Egypt&#8217;s supporters will fall;p> <p class="poetry">her confident pride will crumble.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">From Migdol to Syene<n id="2" /> they will die by the sword within her,p> <p class="poetry">declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">In Tahpanhes the day will be dark<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when I break the yoke of Egypt there.p> <p class="poetry">Her confident pride will cease within her;p> <p class="poetry">a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.p>