Ezekiel 25:15-16
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Against the Philistines. 15 Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines acted vengefully and exacted vengeance with intentional malice, destroying with undying hostility,(A) 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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Zephaniah 2:4
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Judgment on the Nations
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken,
and Ashkelon shall be a waste,
Ashdod they shall drive out at midday,
and Ekron[a] shall be uprooted.(A)
Footnotes
- 2:4 Gaza…Ashkelon…Ashdod…Ekron: cities of the Philistine confederation.
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