1 Gather yourselves together;gather together, undesirable nation,
2 before the decree takes effectand the day passes like chaff,before the burning of the Lord’s anger overtakes you,before the day of the Lord’s anger overtakes you.
3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth,who carry out what He commands.Seek righteousness, seek humility;perhaps you will be concealed on the day of the Lord’s anger.
4 For Gaza will be abandoned,and Ashkelon will become a ruin.Ashdod will be driven out at noon,and Ekron will be uprooted.
5 Woe, inhabitants of the seacoast,nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines:I will destroy you until there is no one left.
6 The seacoast will become pasturelandswith caves for shepherds and folds for sheep.
7 The coastland will belongto the remnant of the house of Judah;they will find pasture there.They will lie down in the eveningamong the houses of Ashkelon,for the Lord their God will return to themand restore their fortunes.