What kind of "desolation" is prophesied for Ashkelon?
Zephaniah 2:4 (ESV)
4For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
The word used for “desolation” is a word used to refer to a great disaster that makes a place like a desert (Joel 2:3) without inhabitants (Jeremiah 32:43).
4 For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.