"Thus 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: "But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: 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 Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD."

Gaza is home to several million 'Palestinians' who derive their name from the Roman name for 'Philistine' or 'Palestina'.The prophecies concerning Gaza have never been completely fulfilled in history.

Their fulfillment is near.