Ezekiel 16:27
Context16:27 So see here, I have stretched out my hand against you and cut off your rations. I have delivered you into the power of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed by your obscene conduct.
Ezekiel 16:57
Context16:57 before your evil was exposed? Now you have become an object of scorn to the daughters of Aram 1 and all those around her and to the daughters of the Philistines – those all around you who despise you.
Ezekiel 25:15-16
Context25:15 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The Philistines 2 have exacted merciless revenge, 3 showing intense scorn 4 in their effort to destroy Judah 5 with unrelenting hostility. 6 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 7 the Cherethites 8 and destroy those who remain on the seacoast.


[16:57] 1 tc So MT, LXX, and Vulgate; many Hebrew
[25:15] 1 sn The Philistines inhabited the coastal plain by the Mediterranean Sea, west of Judah.
[25:15] 2 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] 3 tn Heb “with scorn in (the) soul.”
[25:15] 4 tn The object is not specified in the Hebrew text, but has been clarified as “Judah” in the translation.
[25:15] 5 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] 1 tn In Hebrew the verb “and I will cut off” sounds like its object, “the Cherethites,” and draws attention to the statement.
[25:16] 2 sn This is a name for the Philistines, many of whom migrated to Palestine from Crete.