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Zephaniah 2

Zeph. 2:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For Gaza
`Azzah (Hebrew #5804)
strong; Azzah, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Azzah, Gaza.
Pronounce: az-zaw'
Origin: feminine of 5794
o shall be forsaken
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
, and Ashkelon
'Ashqlown (Hebrew #831)
Ashkelon, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ashkelon, Askalon.
Pronounce: ash-kel-one'
Origin: probably from 8254 in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart)
a desolation
shmamah (Hebrew #8077)
feminine of 8076; devastation; figuratively, astonishment
KJV usage: (laid, X most) desolate(- ion), waste.
Pronounce: shem-aw-maw'
Origin: or shimamah {shee-mam-aw'}
: they shall drive out
garash (Hebrew #1644)
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
KJV usage: cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, X surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
Pronounce: gaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
Ashdod
'Ashdowd (Hebrew #795)
ravager; Ashdod, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ahdod.
Pronounce: ash-dode'
Origin: from 7703
at the noon day
tsohar (Hebrew #6672)
a light (i.e. window): dual double light, i.e. noon
KJV usage: midday, noon(-day, -tide), window.
Pronounce: tso'-har
Origin: from 6671
, and Ekron
`Eqrown (Hebrew #6138)
eradication; Ekron, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ekron.
Pronounce: ek-rone'
Origin: from 6131
shall be rooted up
`aqar (Hebrew #6131)
to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate
KJV usage: dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.
Pronounce: aw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Jer. 47:5• 5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? (Jer. 47:5)
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Zech. 9:5‑6• 5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
 6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. (Zech. 9:5‑6)

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Ashdod,
Ashkelon; Askelon,
Day,
Ekron,
Gaza

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gaza.
Jer. 25:20• 20And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, (Jer. 25:20)
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Jer. 47:1‑7• 1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
 2Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
 3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
 4Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
 5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
 6O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
 7How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. (Jer. 47:1‑7)
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Ezek. 25:15‑17• 15Thus saith the Lord God; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
 16Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
 17And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. (Ezek. 25:15‑17)
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Amos 1:6‑8• 6Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, 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:
 7But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
 8And 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 Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God. (Amos 1:6‑8)
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Zech. 9:5‑7• 5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
 6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
 7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. (Zech. 9:5‑7)
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Psa. 91:6• 6Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. (Psa. 91:6)
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Jer. 6:4• 4Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. (Jer. 6:4)
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Jer. 15:8• 8Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. (Jer. 15:8)
• These were cities of Philistine power. (“Zephaniah 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For Gazah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.