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Ezekiel 25:15
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Ezekiel 25:15
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Proclamation Against Philistia
15 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)“Because (B)the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with [a]a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the [b]old hatred,”
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- Ezekiel 25:15 Lit. spite in soul
- Ezekiel 25:15 Or perpetual
Ezekiel 25:15
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Ezekiel 25:15
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A Prophecy Against Philistia
15 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because the Philistines(A) acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice(B) in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to destroy Judah,
Ezekiel 25:12
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Ezekiel 25:12
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Proclamation Against Edom
12 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)“Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,”
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Ezekiel 25:12
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Ezekiel 25:12
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A Prophecy Against Edom
12 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Edom(A) took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so,
Ezekiel 25:6
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Ezekiel 25:6
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6 ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Because you (A)clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and (B)rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel,
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Ezekiel 25:6
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Ezekiel 25:6
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6 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands(A) and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,(B)
Isaiah 14:29-31
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Isaiah 14:29-31
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29 “Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia,
(A)Because the rod that struck you is broken;
For out of the serpent’s roots will come forth a viper,
(B)And its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.
30 The firstborn of the poor will feed,
And the needy will lie down in safety;
I will kill your roots with famine,
And it will slay your remnant.
31 Wail, O gate! Cry, O city!
All you of Philistia are dissolved;
For smoke will come from the north,
And no one will be alone in his [a]appointed times.”
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- Isaiah 14:31 Or ranks
Isaiah 14:29-31
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Isaiah 14:29-31
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29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,(A)
that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,(B)
its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.(C)
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
and the needy(D) will lie down in safety.(E)
But your root I will destroy by famine;(F)
it will slay(G) your survivors.(H)
Zechariah 9:5-8
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Zechariah 9:5-8
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5 Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And (A)Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
6 “A[a] mixed race shall settle (B)in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the (C)Philistines.
7 I will take away the blood from his mouth,
And the abominations from between his teeth.
But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,
And shall be like a leader in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
8 (D)I will camp around My house
Because of the army,
Because of him who passes by and him who returns.
No more shall an oppressor pass through them,
For now I have seen with My eyes.
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- Zechariah 9:6 Lit. An illegitimate one
Zechariah 9:5-8
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Zechariah 9:5-8
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5 Ashkelon(A) will see it and fear;
Gaza will writhe in agony,
and Ekron too, for her hope will wither.
Gaza will lose her king
and Ashkelon will be deserted.
6 A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod,
and I will put an end(B) to the pride of the Philistines.
7 I will take the blood from their mouths,
the forbidden food from between their teeth.
Those who are left will belong to our God(C)
and become a clan in Judah,
and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.(D)
8 But I will encamp(E) at my temple
to guard it against marauding forces.(F)
Never again will an oppressor overrun my people,
for now I am keeping watch.(G)
Jeremiah 25:20
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Jeremiah 25:20
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20 all the mixed multitude, all the kings of (A)the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the (B)Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and (C)the remnant of Ashdod);
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Jeremiah 25:20
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Jeremiah 25:20
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20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;(A) all the kings of the Philistines(B) (those of Ashkelon,(C) Gaza,(D) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod);
2 Chronicles 28:18
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2 Chronicles 28:18
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18 (A)The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Sochoh with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they dwelt there.
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Zephaniah 2:4-7
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Zephaniah 2:4-7
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Judgment on Nations
4 For (A)Gaza shall be forsaken,
And Ashkelon desolate;
They shall drive out Ashdod (B)at noonday,
And Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to the inhabitants of (C)the seacoast,
The nation of the Cherethites!
The word of the Lord is against you,
O (D)Canaan, land of the Philistines:
“I will destroy you;
So there shall be no inhabitant.”
6 The seacoast shall be pastures,
With [a]shelters for shepherds (E)and folds for flocks.
7 The coast shall be for (F)the remnant of the house of Judah;
They shall feed their flocks there;
In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God will (G)intervene[b] for them,
And (H)return their captives.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:6 Underground huts or cisterns, lit. excavations
- Zephaniah 2:7 Lit. visit them
Zephaniah 2:4-7
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Zephaniah 2:4-7
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Philistia
4 Gaza(A) will be abandoned
and Ashkelon(B) left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
and Ekron uprooted.
5 Woe to you who live by the sea,
you Kerethite(C) people;
the word of the Lord is against you,(D)
Canaan, land of the Philistines.
He says, “I will destroy you,
and none will be left.”(E)
6 The land by the sea will become pastures
having wells for shepherds
and pens for flocks.(F)
7 That land will belong
to the remnant(G) of the people of Judah;
there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
he will restore their fortunes.[a](H)
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- Zephaniah 2:7 Or will bring back their captives
Amos 1:6-8
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Amos 1:6-8
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6 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of (A)Gaza, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they took captive the whole captivity
To deliver them up to Edom.
7 (B)But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
Which shall devour its palaces.
8 I will cut off the inhabitant (C)from Ashdod,
And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will (D)turn My hand against Ekron,
And (E)the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
Says the Lord God.
Amos 1:6-8
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Amos 1:6-8
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6 This is what the Lord says:
“For three sins of Gaza,(A)
even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she took captive whole communities
and sold them to Edom,(C)
7 I will send fire on the walls of Gaza
that will consume her fortresses.
8 I will destroy the king[a] of Ashdod(D)
and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand(E) against Ekron,
till the last of the Philistines(F) are dead,”(G)
says the Sovereign Lord.(H)
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- Amos 1:8 Or inhabitants
Joel 3:4-21
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Joel 3:4-21
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4 “Indeed, what have you to do with Me,
(A)O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia?
Will you [a]retaliate against Me?
But if you [b]retaliate against Me,
Swiftly and speedily I will return your [c]retaliation upon your own head;
5 Because you have taken My silver and My gold,
And have carried into your temples My [d]prized possessions.
6 Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem
You have sold to the Greeks,
That you may remove them far from their borders.
7 “Behold, (B)I will raise them
Out of the place to which you have sold them,
And will return your [e]retaliation upon your own head.
8 I will sell your sons and your daughters
Into the hand of the people of Judah,
And they will sell them to the (C)Sabeans,[f]
To a people (D)far off;
For the Lord has spoken.”
9 (E)Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
10 (F)Beat your plowshares into swords
And your [g]pruning hooks into spears;
(G)Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”
11 Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause (H)Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
12 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to (I)judge all the surrounding nations.
13 (J)Put in the sickle, for (K)the harvest is ripe.
Come, go down;
For the (L)winepress is full,
The vats overflow—
For their wickedness is great.”
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For (M)the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness.
16 The Lord also will roar from Zion,
And utter His voice from Jerusalem;
The heavens and earth will shake;
(N)But the Lord will be a shelter for His people,
And the strength of the children of Israel.
17 “So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion My (O)holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”
God Blesses His People
18 And it will come to pass in that day
That the mountains shall drip with new wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water;
A (P)fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord
And water the Valley of [h]Acacias.
19 “Egypt shall be a desolation,
And Edom a desolate wilderness,
Because of violence against the people of Judah,
For they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But Judah shall abide forever,
And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 For I will (Q)acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted;
For the Lord dwells in Zion.”
Joel 3:4-21
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Joel 3:4-21
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4 “Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon(A) and all you regions of Philistia?(B) Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.(C) 5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.[a](D) 6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,(E) that you might send them far from their homeland.
7 “See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them,(F) and I will return(G) on your own heads what you have done. 8 I will sell your sons(H) and daughters to the people of Judah,(I) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,(J) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.(K)
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war!(L)
Rouse the warriors!(M)
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks(N) into spears.(O)
Let the weakling(P) say,
“I am strong!”(Q)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
and assemble(R) there.
Bring down your warriors,(S) Lord!
12 “Let the nations be roused;
let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,(T)
for there I will sit
to judge(U) all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the sickle,(V)
for the harvest(W) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,(X)
for the winepress(Y) is full
and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”
14 Multitudes,(Z) multitudes
in the valley(AA) of decision!
For the day of the Lord(AB) is near
in the valley of decision.(AC)
15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
and the stars no longer shine.(AD)
16 The Lord will roar(AE) from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem;(AF)
the earth and the heavens will tremble.(AG)
But the Lord will be a refuge(AH) for his people,
a stronghold(AI) for the people of Israel.
Blessings for God’s People
17 “Then you will know(AJ) that I, the Lord your God,(AK)
dwell in Zion,(AL) my holy hill.(AM)
Jerusalem will be holy;(AN)
never again will foreigners invade her.(AO)
18 “In that day the mountains will drip new wine,(AP)
and the hills will flow with milk;(AQ)
all the ravines of Judah will run with water.(AR)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house(AS)
and will water the valley of acacias.[b](AT)
19 But Egypt(AU) will be desolate,
Edom(AV) a desert waste,
because of violence(AW) done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 Judah will be inhabited forever(AX)
and Jerusalem through all generations.
21 Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?(AY)
No, I will not.(AZ)”
The Lord dwells in Zion!(BA)
Jeremiah 47
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Jeremiah 47
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Judgment on Philistia
47 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet (A)against the Philistines, (B)before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
2 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (C)waters rise (D)out of the north,
And shall be an overflowing flood;
They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell within;
Then the men shall cry,
And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
3 At the (E)noise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,
At the rushing of his chariots,
At the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers will not look back for their children,
[a]Lacking courage,
4 Because of the day that comes to plunder all the (F)Philistines,
To cut off from (G)Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
For the Lord shall plunder the Philistines,
(H)The remnant of the country of (I)Caphtor.[b]
5 (J)Baldness has come upon Gaza,
(K)Ashkelon is cut off
With the remnant of their valley.
How long will you cut yourself?
6 “O you (L)sword of the Lord,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
7 How can [c]it be quiet,
Seeing the Lord has (M)given it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
There He has (N)appointed it.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:3 Lit. From sinking hands
- Jeremiah 47:4 Crete
- Jeremiah 47:7 Lit. you
Jeremiah 47
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Jeremiah 47
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A Message About the Philistines
47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines(A) before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:(B)
2 This is what the Lord says:
“See how the waters are rising in the north;(C)
they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
all who dwell in the land will wail(D)
3 at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
at the noise of enemy chariots(E)
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.(F)
4 For the day has come
to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
who could help Tyre(G) and Sidon.(H)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,(I)
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.[a](J)
5 Gaza will shave(K) her head in mourning;
Ashkelon(L) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut(M) yourselves?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete
Isaiah 9:12
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Isaiah 9:12
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12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;
And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth.
For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is [a]stretched out still.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:12 In judgment
Psalm 83:7
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Psalm 83:7
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7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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