Ezekiel 25:14

25:14 I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience ¹  my vengeance, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 25:17

25:17 I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. ²  Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I exact my vengeance upon them.’”

Ezekiel 25:15

A Prophecy Against Philistia

25:15 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The Philistines ³  have exacted merciless revenge, ⁴  showing intense scorn ⁵  in their effort to destroy Judah ⁶  with unrelenting hostility. ⁷ 

[25:14]  ¹ tn Heb “know.”

[25:17]  ² tn Heb “with acts of punishment of anger.”

[25:15]  ³ sn The Philistines inhabited the coastal plain by the Mediterranean Sea, west of Judah.

[25:15]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “with scorn in (the) soul.”

[25:15]  ⁶ tn The object is not specified in the Hebrew text, but has been clarified as “Judah” in the translation.

[25:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “to destroy (with) perpetual hostility.” Joel 3:4-8 also speaks of the Philistines taking advantage of the fall of Judah.