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14 I will put my vengeance against Edom into the hands of my people Israel; they will deal with Edom in accord with my furious anger. Thus they shall know my vengeance!—oracle of the Lord God.(A)

Against the Philistines. 15 Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines acted vengefully and exacted vengeance with intentional malice, destroying with undying hostility,(B) 16 therefore thus says the Lord God: See! I am stretching out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites[a] and wipe out the remnant on the seacoast.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:16 Cherethites: people from the island of Crete in the Aegean, the Philistines’ point of origin. In Zep 2:5, the terms “Philistines,” “Cherethites,” and “seacoast people” describe the same group of people.

14 I will take vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger(A) and my wrath; they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”(B)

A Prophecy Against Philistia

15 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because the Philistines(C) acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice(D) in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to destroy Judah, 16 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines,(E) and I will wipe out the Kerethites(F) and destroy those remaining along the coast.(G)

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