Zephaniah 2:5
Alas! for the inhabitants of the line of the sea, the nation of Kerethim,—The word of Yahweh, is against you, O Canaan of the land of the Philistines, therefore will I destroy thee, to the last inhabitant.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6So shall the line of the sea become a meadow, the wells of shepherds, and the folds of flocks;
Cross References
Joshua 13:2This, is the land that remaineth,—all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshuri;
Judges 3:3five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites dwelling in Mount Lebanon,—from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entering in of Hamath.
Isaiah 14:30Then shall feed the firstborn of the poor, And the needy, in confidence lie down,—And I will kill with famine thy root, And thy residue, shall be slain.
Ezekiel 25:16Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, Behold me! stretching forth my hand over the Philistines, And I will cut off the Cherethim,— And will cause to perish the remnant of the coast of the sea;
Amos 5:1Hear ye this word, which, I, am taking up concerning you—even a dirge, O house of Israel.
Zechariah 1:6Howbeit, as for my words and my statutes with which I charged my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and so they returned and said, Just as Yahweh of hosts planned to do unto us, according to our ways and according to our practices, So hath he dealt with us?
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:5-8
The Punishment of the Philistines. ( b. c. 612.) 4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 7 And the coast shall be for the… Read the whole commentary →