Text -- Ezekiel 25:16-17 (NET)

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 the Cherethites and destroy those who remain on the seacoast. 25:17 I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I exact my vengeance upon them.’”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 25:16

¹ tn In Hebrew the verb “and I will cut off” sounds like its object, “the Cherethites,” and draws attention to the statement.

² sn This is a name for the Philistines, many of whom migrated to Palestine from Crete.

NET Notes: Eze 25:17

¹ tn Heb “with acts of punishment of anger.”