⁸ I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod
    and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
    and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,
            says the Lord God.^(A)

6 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
    and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria,
the notables of the first of the nations,
    to whom the house of Israel resorts!^(A)

⁶ buying the poor for silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals
    and selling the sweepings of the wheat.”^(A)