And he went forth and warred against the Plishtim, and brake down the wall of Gat, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Plishtim.
To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Thus saith YY ; For three transgressions of Azah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
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 Plishtim shall perish, saith YY Elohim.