Amos 1:8

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And I will destroy the one who sits on the throne in Ashdod. I will destroy the king who holds the scepter in Ashkelon. I will punish the people of Ekron. Then the Philistines who are still left alive will die.” This is what the Lord GOD said.

Cross References

Ezekiel 25:16

So the Lord GOD said, “I will punish the Philistines. Yes, I will destroy those people from Crete. I will completely destroy those people who live on the seacoast.

Zechariah 9:6

The people in Ashdod will not even know who their real fathers are. The Lord says, “I will completely destroy the proud Philistines.

Isaiah 20:1

Sargon was the king of Assyria. He sent his military commander to fight against Ashdod. The commander went there and captured the city.

Psalm 81:14

then I would defeat their enemies. I would punish those who cause them trouble.

2 Chronicles 26:6

Uzziah fought a war against the Philistines. He tore down the walls around the towns of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Uzziah built towns near the town of Ashdod and in other places among the Philistines.

Zechariah 13:7

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Sword, wake up and strike the shepherd, my friend! Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will run away. And I will punish those little ones.

Amos 3:9

Go to the high towers in Ashdod and in Egypt and announce this message from the Lord: “Come together on the mountains of Samaria. See the great confusion there because the people don’t know how to live right. See how cruel they are to others. They take things from people to hide in their high towers. Their treasuries are filled with the things they have taken in war.”

Isaiah 1:25

People use lye to clean silver. In the same way, I will clean away all your wrongs. I will remove all the impurities from you.

Jeremiah 47:1

This is the message from the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines. This message came before Pharaoh attacked the city of Gaza.

Joel 3:4

“Tyre! Sidon! All of you areas of Philistia! You are not important to me! Are you punishing me for something I did? You might think that you are punishing me, but I will soon punish you.

Amos 1:7

So I will start a fire at the wall of Gaza that will destroy the high towers in Gaza.

Obadiah 1:18

The family of Jacob will be like a fire. The nation of Joseph will be like a flame. But the nation of Esau will be like ashes. The people of Judah will burn Edom, and they will destroy it. Then there will be no survivors in the nation of Esau.” This will happen because the Lord said it would.

Zechariah 9:5

The people in Ashkelon will see this and they will be afraid. The people of Gaza will shake with fear, and the people of Ekron will lose all hope when they see this happen. There will be no king left in Gaza. No one will live in Ashkelon anymore.

1 Samuel 6:17

In this way the Philistines sent golden models of tumors as gifts for their sins to the Lord. They sent one golden model of a tumor for each of the Philistine towns of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.