Zechariah 9:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵^(A) Both Ashkelon and Gaza
will tremble with fear;
    Ekron will lose all hope.
Gaza's king will be killed,
and Ashkelon emptied
    of its people.
⁶A mob of half-breeds
    will settle in Ashdod,^[a]
and the Lord himself
    will rob Philistia of pride.

⁷No longer will the Philistines
eat meat with blood in it
    or any unclean food.^[b]
They will become part
of the people of our God
    from the tribe of Judah.
And God will accept
the people of Ekron,
    as he did the Jebusites.^[c]

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Footnotes

9.5,6 Ashkelon and Gaza … Ekron … Ashdod: Philistine cities.
9.7 eat … food: The Philistines will become part of Judah and no longer eat meat with blood in it (see Genesis 9.4) or any other forbidden foods (see Leviticus 11.1-23; Deuteronomy 14.3-21).
9.7 Jebusites: The original people of Canaan, who lived in Jerusalem before it was captured by David (see 2 Samuel 5.6-10) and were later accepted as part of Israel.