Ezekiel 13:11

13:11 Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones ¹  will fall and a violent wind will break out. ² 

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 

Ezekiel 29:20

29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre ⁸ , because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 45:5

45:5 An area eight and a quarter miles ⁹  in length and three and one-third miles ¹⁰  in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities ¹¹  in which they will live.

¹ tn Heb “and you, O hailstones.”

² sn A violent wind will break out. God’s judgments are frequently described in storm imagery (Pss 18:7-15; 77:17-18; 83:15; Isa 28:17; 30:30; Jer 23:19; 30:23).

³ sn The Philistines inhabited the coastal plain by the Mediterranean Sea, west of Judah.

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.

⁵ tn Heb “with scorn in (the) soul.”

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

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

⁵ tn Heb “for which he worked,” referring to the assault on Tyre (v. 18).

⁷ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

⁸ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

⁹ tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.