John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 25:16

"therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast." — Ezekiel 25:16 (ASV)

Therefore thus says the Lord God
Because of such wretched malice and despiteful usage: behold, I will stretch out my hand upon the Philistines ;

as is foretold, (Jeremiah 47:1), and I will cut off the Cherethims :
one of the tribes of the Philistines, a principal part of their country, which lay to the south, (1 Samuel 30:14) (Zephaniah 2:5), there is a beautiful play on words ^F9 in the Hebrew:

and destroy the remnant of the seacoast ;
as that of Ashdod, Caphtor, and Ashkelon, formerly spoiled by other persons; what they left should now be utterly destroyed; see (Isaiah 20:1) (Jeremiah 25:20) (Jeremiah 47:4Jeremiah 47:5)

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