Prophecy Against Philistia

15 “Thus says the Lord God: Because (A)the Philistines (B)acted revengefully and took vengeance (C)with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity, 16 therefore thus says the Lord God, (D)Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off (E)the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. 17 I will execute great vengeance on them (F)with wrathful rebukes. (G)Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”

Read full chapter

15 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because of the acting[a] of the Philistines in vengeance, so that they avenged themselves relentlessly with malice in themselves for destruction with everlasting hostility,[b] 16 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Look! I am stretching out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Kerethites, and I will destroy the remainder of the seacoast.[c] 17 And I will execute on them great vengeance with punishments of rage, and they will know that I am Yahweh when I exact my vengeance on them!”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 25:15 Literally “doing”
  2. Ezekiel 25:15 Literally “with hostility of ongoing ages/eternity”
  3. Ezekiel 25:16 Literally “the coast of the sea”