Yehezkiel 16:31

16:31 When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment. ¹ 

Yehezkiel 16:57

16:57 before your evil was exposed? Now you have become an object of scorn to the daughters of Aram ²  and all those around her and to the daughters of the Philistines – those all around you who despise you.

Yehezkiel 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 

Yehezkiel 28:24

28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers ⁸  or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. ⁹  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

[16:31]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term, which also occurs in vv. 34 and 41 of this chapter, always refers to the payment of a prostitute (Deut 23:19; Isa 23:17; Hos 9:1; Mic 1:7).

[16:57]  ² tc So MT, LXX, and Vulgate; many Hebrew mss and Syriac read “Edom.”

[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.

[28:24]  ⁸ sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.

[28:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”