Zephaniah 2:4
For Gaza will be abandoned,
What it says
Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, and Ekron are marked out for abandonment and uprooting.
What it is doing
This verse opens the oracle by naming Philistia's cities for judgment.
In context
4For Gaza will be abandoned, 5Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, 6So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, 7The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah;