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Ezekiel 25:15
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD speaks through Ezekiel to Judah, introducing judgment on Philistia immediately after pronouncing vengeance on Edom. The oracle addresses Philistine hostility toward Judah within a sequence of pronouncements against surrounding nations.
The words — כֹּ֤ה (koh) = thus establishes the prophetic declaration, while בִּ/נְקָמָ֑ה (bi/n.ka.Mah) = in vengeance identifies the operative motive and the instrument of the coming judgment.
The thread — This oracle aligns with Isaiah 14:29, which warns Philistia not to rejoice at Judah's distress, and 2 Chronicles 28:18, which documents their historical raids on Judahite territory. The text situates their ancient enmity within a consistent biblical pattern of divine retribution against nations that oppose God's people.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that historical malice does not operate outside divine jurisdiction and that God actively judges nations pursuing ancient hostility against His people.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord God; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 25:6 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
- Isaiah 14:29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
- 2 Chronicles 28:18 The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
- Jeremiah 25:20 all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- Ezekiel 25:12 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
- Zechariah 9:5 Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
- Judges 14:1 One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
- 1 Samuel 4:1 Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- 1 Samuel 13:1 Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
- 1 Samuel 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.