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,” 16 therefore thus says the Lord God: (C)“I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the (D)Cherethites (E)and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. 17 I will (F)execute great vengeance on them with furious rebukes; (G)and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I lay My vengeance upon them.” ’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 25:15 Lit. spite in soul
  2. Ezekiel 25:15 Or perpetual

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!”

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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”