Yehezkiel 25:13-17

25:13 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her, ¹  and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die ²  by the sword. 25:14 I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience ³  my vengeance, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

A Prophecy Against Philistia

25:15 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The Philistines ⁴  have exacted merciless revenge, ⁵  showing intense scorn ⁶  in their effort to destroy Judah ⁷  with unrelenting hostility. ⁸  25:16 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill ⁹  the Cherethites ¹⁰  and destroy those who remain on the seacoast. 25:17 I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. ¹¹  Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I exact my vengeance upon them.’”

[25:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and I will cut off from her man and beast.”

[25:13]  ² tn Heb “fall.”

[25:14]  ³ tn Heb “know.”

[25:15]  ⁴ sn The Philistines inhabited the coastal plain by the Mediterranean Sea, west of Judah.

[25:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “have acted with vengeance and taken vengeance with vengeance.” The repetition emphasizes the degree of vengeance which they exhibited, presumably toward Judah.

[25:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “with scorn in (the) soul.”

[25:15]  ⁷ tn The object is not specified in the Hebrew text, but has been clarified as “Judah” in the translation.

[25:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “to destroy (with) perpetual hostility.” Joel 3:4-8 also speaks of the Philistines taking advantage of the fall of Judah.

[25:16]  ⁹ tn In Hebrew the verb “and I will cut off” sounds like its object, “the Cherethites,” and draws attention to the statement.

[25:16]  ¹⁰ sn This is a name for the Philistines, many of whom migrated to Palestine from Crete.

[25:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “with acts of punishment of anger.”