Ezekiel 25:15-17

Prophecy Against Philistia

15 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because ¹the Philistines ²acted revengefully and took vengeance ³with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity,

16 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ⁴Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off ⁵the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast.

17 I will execute great vengeance on them ⁶with wrathful rebukes. ⁷Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them."

Ezekiel 25:15-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 25

In this chapter the prophet foretells the judgments of God upon the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and Philistines, for their ill usage of the Jews; on the Ammonites, Eze 25:1-7, on the Moabites, Eze 25:8-11, on the Edomites, Eze 25:12-14, on the Philistines, Eze 25:15-17.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:1; Joel 3:4; Amos 1:6; Zephaniah 2:4; See Isaiah 14:29-31
• 2. ver. 12
• 3. ver. 6; Ezekiel 36:5
• 4. [See ver. 13 above]
• 5. See 1 Samuel 30:14
• 6. Ezekiel 5:15
• 7. [ver. 14]